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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Stork, post: 4428097, member: 71642&quot;]The Katanga cross sticks out as different, being a whole different continent.&nbsp; Oddly enough I just added one of these to my collection after dropping a silly--and apparently too high going by Heritage archives--bid on one in a Japanese auction.&nbsp; Missed the Japanese coin I was after, but by golly I got the cross!</p><p><br /></p><p>The money tree strikes me as particularly off--the only money trees I&#039;ve seen for real are functional and part of the casting process.&nbsp; This looks like an actual tree...</p><p><br /></p><p>here is an auction for an actual one from Heritage archives :&nbsp; <a href="https://coins.ha.com/itm/japan/world-coins/japan-tempo-tsuho-9-coin-100-mon-money-tree-nd-1846-1870-au-unc-/a/3077-38108.s?ic4=ListView-ShortDescription-071515" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://coins.ha.com/itm/japan/world-coins/japan-tempo-tsuho-9-coin-100-mon-money-tree-nd-1846-1870-au-unc-/a/3077-38108.s?ic4=ListView-ShortDescription-071515" rel="nofollow">https://coins.ha.com/itm/japan/world-coins/japan-tempo-tsuho-9-coin-100-mon-money-tree-nd-1846-1870-au-unc-/a/3077-38108.s?ic4=ListView-ShortDescription-071515</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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