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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;manymore, post: 1678537, member: 17118&quot;]From the images provided it is almost impossible to be certain but I&#039;m pretty sure it is a &quot;Chinese Coin Tree&quot; as opposed to a &quot;Japanese Money Tree&quot;.</p><p><br /></p><p>Please see my article &quot;<a href="http://primaltrek.com/moneytree.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://primaltrek.com/moneytree.html" rel="nofollow">Chinese Money Trees</a>&quot; explaining the difference between &quot;coin trees&quot; and &quot;money trees&quot;.</p><p><br /></p><p>From the faint outlines of the characters I believe the coins on the coin tree are <i>tongzhi tongbao</i> (同治通寶).&nbsp; <i>Tongzhi tongbao</i> coins were cast during the reign of Emperor Mu Zong (1862-1874) of the Qing Dynasty.</p><p><br /></p><p>Please compare the coins on your coin tree with <a href="http://www.shuoqian.net/view-6815044.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.shuoqian.net/view-6815044.html" rel="nofollow">this typical<i> tongzhi tongbao</i> coin</a> to see if the identification is correct.</p><p><br /></p><p>The images do not provide enough detail for me to identify which mint cast your coin tree.</p><p><br /></p><p>The two separate coins are also Chinese but have the inscription <i>daoguang tongbao</i> (道光通寶) which means they were cast during the reign of Emperor Xuan Zong (1821-1850) of the Qing Dynasty.</p><p><br /></p><p>I cannot vouch for the authenticity of your coin tree.&nbsp; I have not checked but, as far as I know, there were no iron coins cast with the inscription <i>tongzhi tongbao</i>.</p><p><br /></p><p>Gary[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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