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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;wlwhittier, post: 3472532, member: 18320&quot;]Just went to wikipedia, the page on Qing Dynasty coinage.&nbsp; My head is spinning!</p><p><br /></p><p>Now it&#039;s a <i>must</i> to produce sufficiently high-definition photos to accurately ID this tree...and hopefully determine if genuine or fake (apparently there were many of them, and they were readily accepted as cash as there was little real difference in value). Is the black finish any indicator of authenticity?</p><p><br /></p><p>Part of me (a small, timid part) wants to snap one of the 38 coins off that tree, sand both sides for clarity, and so have a definitive identification.</p><p><br /></p><p>No Fear, folks...it&#039;s just a fools thought, not to be allowed expression.</p><p><br /></p><p>Let me dream a bit: If genuine, how rare is the tree? Any ideas about potential value, or where to take my research from here?</p><p><br /></p><p><span style="color: #ff0000">264</span> years is a long time, and surely this pattern wasn&#039;t made identically during that whole period? This line is lifted straight off that wiki page:</p><p>Boo Yuwan <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ministry_of_Works_(imperial_China)" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ministry_of_Works_(imperial_China)" rel="nofollow"><span style="color: #000000">Ministry of Public Works</span></a> (<i>gōngbù</i>, 工部), Beijing, Zhili <span style="color: #ff0000">1644–1908</span> <img src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c5/Shun_Chih_T%27ung_Pao_-_John_Ferguson_05.jpg/75px-Shun_Chih_T%27ung_Pao_-_John_Ferguson_05.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Thanks, all, for your interest and suggestions!&nbsp; Warren[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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