Now selling for over 4k on Ebay and the Silver Medal has a COA error calling it a Coin.

Wait a minute. A white oak coin in a red oak box. O…M…Gawd. why didn’t anyone think of this before. It’s gotta be the next pet rock, I’m sure of it. And the pic of the tree provided showed it in a desert setting. Sand everywhere. But the basis was that those trees only found in those states, perhaps a different variety, which would thrive in different area, say on the east coast like the ones you pointed out. I recalled the discussion of the tree last year vaguely and remembered it was hardy for a reason and rather rare, the pic in the desert sand threw me off. So thanks for pointing that out. Different derivatives. So I guess it would be like a coin made for US history. They would put a modern black guy, George floyd most likely, and label him a slave. But even though same color they are completely different. While slaves actually came from Africa they weren’t considered Americans. And a majority of African Americans have never been to Africa. But even though one is found on West side of the Atlantic and other is on the east side of the Atlantic they are the same. Did I get that correct based on your explanation? Both lived in inhospitable conditions, both work for free, but one version of them had white owners and was long ago and now the other has black owners and it continues to this day, older were beaten and the new variant are shot. Ok I can see how your explanation works and how a tree that only lived in one place or time can now be found on a different shore.

Dazed, The Great Basin Bristlecone (Pinus longaeava) is only found in those states high up in the mountains in very harsh soil where few others can survive. It is an amazing tree to survive as empires/civilisations, including ours perhaps, fade into the dustbowl of history. There are relatives of the GBB that will grow on the east coast. Pinus aristata, sold as the Bristlecone Pine or Rocky Mountain Bristlecone Pine, is one I grew on my property in Pa. I think the obverse speaks more to the lack of artistic talent we have these days than anything else. These ‘artists’ can’t even put a realistic rendition of a great white oak on a coin. Maybe this is more Hunter Biden’s artistic magic?

National Park service says

The Great Basin Bristlecone pines are an extremely rare species found only in California, Nevada and Utah.

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Why is a desert thriving tree on the Atlantic. A detail I just caught after rereading the article. So rising on america and setting on England. Sounds right. After the election maybe we get a China collaborative. With sun setting on the old dynasty and rising on the new dynasty. And for each coin sold, the biden presidential library will receive 10% of all sales from the coin.