Ceylon Coins NFT
Kahavanu (කහවණු) is a medieval currency from Sri Lanka (Ceylon) dated back to 990AD. 'Kaha Vanu' Digital Coin is a NFT is based on the redesigning of novel digital arts based on findings from the original coin. 'Kaha Vanu" NFT was released in Open sea and other online NFT markets in September 2021.
This anonymous gold coinage appears to have been initiated shortly before Rajaraja Chola invaded Lanka in 990 AD, and struck through the period when the Cholas dominated the island (1017-1070), and continued by closely similar coins struck for Vijayabahu (1055-1110) after he re-established Sinhala independence in 1070. Like other Lankan coins from around the 11th Century, no date is indicated. It is not certain whether the Kahavanu was introduced at Ruhuna, the region in the south of the island to which the Sinhala court had been obliged to move as a result of Rajaraja's conquests.