Actual real trees on coins

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This is the Koisjärven mänty
(Koisjärvi pine) Have you ever seen it before?

You may have seen it before. It was on the 10, 20 and 50MK coins 1953-1963 and 10, 20, 50PEN coins 1963-1990. Most Finns have seen it atleast once (on the coin) but do not know the story. It still is a honored tree (Nobody has done anything bad to it) and it has had its purpose in the village's history:
The horses were once left next to the tree.

The Suomen Rahapaja says that it actually IS NOT the model for the coin. Nobody knows. The people who designed it are not alive anymore, so I guess it will be a mystery...I guess they atleast copied this well known pine. It looked a lot like the pine in the coin years ago, but it has changed.
Lebanon's national emblem is their cedar tree, which has been depicted on their coinage going as far back as the 1920s, during the French Mandate period:


Apparently that type of tree yields very durable high quality wood, so much so that it became a national symbol.
Ceylon and British West Africa also have colonial issues featuring palm trees prominently.
The Danger Tree was featured on a Canadian commemorative coin memorializing the Battle of Beaumont-Hamel.

There was a thread about trees on coins. As I understand it, this time it is about individual trees, not about tree species?
Lithuania has the commemorative 2 litai (2013) with Stelmužė oak. Stelmužė oak (see English Wikipedia article) is believed to be one of the oldest in Europe. Lithuania is relatively small country, so even individual trees can be that famous.
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Quote: "numinis"​There was a thread about trees on coins. As I understand it, this time it is about individual trees, not about tree species?
​Lithuania has the commemorative 2 litai (2013) with Stelmužė oak. Stelmužė oak (see English Wikipedia article) is believed to be one of the oldest in Europe. Lithuania is relatively small country, so even individual trees can be that famous.
​I think we're talking about specific, real-life trees. That's what I thought, anyway. So a bit of a different topic.
An early US commem had the Charter Oak on it, if my recollection is correct.
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Quote: "Oklahoman"​An early US commem had the Charter Oak on it, if my recollection is correct.
​Your recollection is correct:
https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces78898.html

More recently, the Charter Oak featured on the 1999 Connecticut State Quarter too:
https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces608.html
https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces52251.html

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bodhi_Tree
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The historic English oak.

https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces1392.html
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Not sure if this is based on a real tree, but there's the Weimar 5 Marks:
https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces15888.html


The 1935 Half Dollar celebrating the 300th Anniversary of my home state (Connecticut) has an actual tree. It is the Charter Oak. The colonial government hid our royal charter guaranteeing a measure of self rule from the Crown when England wanted to revoke the charter. It is a symbol of our state and the reason the state is called the "Constitution State".

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