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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dadams, post: 3271797, member: 82194&quot;]<font face="Times New Roman">Mike,&nbsp; That&#039;s a nice one.&nbsp; Here is my Ceiba tree which you may find interesting:</font></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://www.bibliopath.com/coins/boards/1950-Guatemala-5-Centavos.png" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p style="text-align: center"><font face="Times New Roman">1950 Guatemala 5 Centavos</font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman"><br /></font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ceiba" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ceiba" rel="nofollow">From Wikipedia:</a></font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman"><i>The tree plays an important part in the mythologies of pre-Columbian Mesoamerican cultures. For example, several Amazonian tribes of eastern Peru believe deities live in Ceiba tree species throughout the jungle. The Ceiba, or ya’axché (in the Mopan Mayan language), symbolised to the Maya civilization an axis mundi which connects the planes of the Underworld (Xibalba) and the sky with that of the terrestrial realm. This concept of a central world tree is often depicted as a Ceiba trunk. The unmistakable thick conical thorns in clusters on the trunk were reproduced by the southern lowland Maya of the Classical Period on cylindrical ceramic burial urns or incense holders. </i></font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman"><i>Modern Maya still often respectfully leave the tree standing when harvesting forest timber. The Ceiba tree is represented by a cross and serves as an important architectural motif in the Temple of the Cross Complex at Palenque.</i></font></p><p><br /></p><p><font face="Times New Roman">and here is a festive S C :</font></p><p style="text-align: center"><img src="http://www.bibliopath.com/coins/ancient/Trajan_RIC-647.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p> <p style="text-align: center"><font face="Times New Roman">Trajan (98-117), Æ Orichalcum As,&nbsp; Rome, minted 114-117 AD</font></p><p>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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