Hello Rick,
That's an interesting one. This looks more like a northern Malay keris to me - a few more pics may help.
Despite the uncommon pamor motif (for keris Melayu), the blade doesn't appear to be of high quality - tough to estimate an age. The silverwork doesn't look like early 19th c. quality to me though.
Maybe the number is based on numerology rather than specifying a year. Also commemoration dates can be found on keris.
Regards,
Kai
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