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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Parthicus, post: 4429171, member: 81887&quot;]The &quot;money tree&quot; is indeed a modern creation, but the oval coins it copies are Japanese 100 mon denomination with inscription Kanei Tsuho; the original coins were issued 1835-1870 and are common today, even in high grades.&nbsp; But as noted, this tree is not original, it looks like a modern concoction intended for decoration or to fool an unwary tourist.</p><p><br /></p><p>All the other pieces that I can figure out are Chinese.&nbsp; A few may be genuine, others are pretty definitely fake.&nbsp; Here&#039;s what I can see:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1109365[/ATTACH]</p><p>A, B, C, and D are all multiple-cash of the Kangxi Emperor (1851-1861).&nbsp; A huge variety of multiple-cash coins were cast during his reign, due to the economic disruption caused by the Taiping Rebellion.&nbsp; Coins A and B show the obverse, featuring only the Emperor&#039;s reign period; the reverse shows the mint and denomination, and in many cases there are additional varieties based on diameter and weight.&nbsp; C and D do show the reverses (and these types were only issued during the Kangxi period).&nbsp; C is a 50 cash from the Board of Revenue mint in Beijing, while D is a 20 cash from Fuzhou mint in Fujian Province.&nbsp; Most varieties are not rare, and these usually don&#039;t show a whole lot of wear, so it&#039;s possible these four are actually genuine.&nbsp; I don&#039;t see any obvious problems with these four pieces; however, the fact that these were found with definite fakes makes me wary.</p><p><br /></p><p>E looks like a &quot;wedding token&quot;.&nbsp; These show couples copulating, sometimes with words for luck or flowers.&nbsp; Supposedly these were given to couples on their wedding nights, though I&#039;ve asked a couple of Chinese friends about this and they&#039;ve never heard of it.&nbsp; Either the wedding gift story is wrong, or else the practice has completely died out in modern Chinese culture.&nbsp; I have an example (bought from a coin dealer who specialized in Asian coins) that is supposedly from c.1900-1920, though it is very hard to reliably date tokens and amulets that were not official government issues; yours might be old, or it might be a modern copy.</p><p><br /></p><p>F features three knife coins.&nbsp; There were a lot of varieties issued by various dynasties in China c.600-250 BC, and another type issued by Wang Mang (7-22 AD), but I don&#039;t know much about non-round Chinese coins.&nbsp; Most types are fairly rare, however, and they have been extensively copied, so I would be cautious.</p><p><br /></p><p>The others all appear to be modern copies of old Chinese coins and tokens.&nbsp; The spade-shaped piece in the photo copies the shape of various ancient coins, but I can&#039;t read the inscription and it feels &quot;off&quot; to me; it&#039;s almost certainly a modern copy.</p><p><br /></p><p>Sorry that most of these appear to be modern reproductions; as such, they would have very little value.&nbsp; I am still somewhat optimistic about the Kangxi pieces (A-D).&nbsp; Most of the varieties of Kangxi multiple cash similar to yours have a rarity rating of 11 or 12 (Common) in Hartill&#039;s catalogue, thus an estimated value of $15-25 each.&nbsp; Of course, that&#039;s assuming they&#039;re genuine and are common varieties; fakes are worth less, of course, and rare varieties more.&nbsp; Hope this helps.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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