This and similar money trees have been found near Shanxi in China. This piece was exceptional in being completely intact when first seen, but sadly, in the course of being shipped to our Lancaster office it was damaged in transit. One branch of the tree is now detached, and two coins off the other branch.
It remained intact all these hundreds of years but it did not survive the trip to Lancaster, due to careless packaging no doubt. Other than that a really supercool item.
<< <i>This and similar money trees have been found near Shanxi in China. This piece was exceptional in being completely intact when first seen, but sadly, in the course of being shipped to our Lancaster office it was damaged in transit. One branch of the tree is now detached, and two coins off the other branch.
It remained intact all these hundreds of years but it did not survive the trip to Lancaster, due to careless packaging no doubt. Other than that a really supercool item. >>
Sadly, it probably had to be packed in a tea crate or something to evade Chinese export officials or U.S. Customs.
I hope it wasnt stolen from archeological site. I keep hearing stories of treasure hunters robbing tombs and other sites rich in historical value before government archeologists can excavate them. China is rich in history and there are many sites that have never been researched and excavated, thus a large backlog of identified sites. Sometimes I think someone inside the Chinese government is selling the lists of identified archeological sites to treasure hunters.
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It remained intact all these hundreds of years but it did not survive the trip to Lancaster, due to careless packaging no doubt. Other than that a really supercool item.
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<< <i>This and similar money trees have been found near Shanxi in China. This piece was exceptional in being completely intact when first seen, but sadly, in the course of being shipped to our Lancaster office it was damaged in transit. One branch of the tree is now detached, and two coins off the other branch.
It remained intact all these hundreds of years but it did not survive the trip to Lancaster, due to careless packaging no doubt. Other than that a really supercool item. >>
Sadly, it probably had to be packed in a tea crate or something to evade Chinese export officials or U.S. Customs.
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