The leisurely life of rebirth

As early as the Xia Dynasty, China began to use animal bones and turtle shells as coins to exchange physical objects. In the Shang Dynasty, shells were used as physical currency until the Spring and Autumn Period. After the Spring and Autumn Period, various countries used a large number of bronzes to cast different styles of currency, such as

Knife coins, shovel coins, round coins, etc. were uniformly minted by Qin Shihuang with square holes and round coins, which continued until the end of the Qing Dynasty.

Although each dynasty and each new emperor came to the throne, the previous copper coins would be melted and minted into new coins. However, with so many dynasties changing, there are countless coins used for burials. To this day, the number of various copper coins is not small. See

Look at this market, you can see copper coins piled on the ground in front of almost every stall.

There was a pile of copper coins piled up in front of the stall owner, and there was only this one Zhi Ning Yuan Bao. It was placed in a box lined with red cloth, which was very conspicuous. It can be seen that the stall owner knew its value.

There are too many copper coins, so when collecting copper coins, you should focus on high-quality products and treasures. Rare things are more valuable! Generally, coins issued by the prosperous dynasties are very large, but now they are worthless. There are only some ancient coins that are rarely issued.

, is what collectors are pursuing.

Due to the vicissitudes of time, wars, man-made destruction and many other reasons, some ancient coins have become rare and very few remain in the world.

Some are still "orphans" today, such as the "Kaiping Tongbao" of the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms, the "Shaosheng Chongbao" in official script of the Northern Song Dynasty, and the "Yongle Tongbao" of the Ming Dynasty carrying three coins; some only have a few surviving coins, such as the "Da Da Bao" of the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms.

Shu Tong Bao

", "Da Qi Tong Bao", "Tian Xian Tong Bao" from the Liao Dynasty, some of which only exist in dozens, such as the "Three Hole Cloth" from the Pre-Qin Dynasty, the "Six-Character Sword" from the Qi Dynasty, and the "Tian Ce Fu Bao" from the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms.

", "Qian Yuan Chongbao", etc. [

Zhining Yuanbao was once collected by Fang Yaoyu, a famous scholar in the Republic of China. It is still an orphan and is now in the National Museum.

The so-called fifty-name treasures are the collective name for 50 varieties of rare ancient coins in the Chinese coin collection community. Generally, people who collect ancient coins will be embarrassed to tell others about themselves if they don’t have a few fifty-name treasures in their hands.

He is a collector who plays with coins.

Of course, these rare ancient coins have basically entered various museums or have become treasures in the collections of big collectors. They are rare to see. The chance of buying them at a "missing price" is almost zero. It is not that easy to find a missing coin.

"Hey! Little girl, look at it again! The thin gold characters are clearly visible. You see, the words are deep, the words are strong, and the beauty of the calligraphy is worthy of praise. The appearance is well preserved, and the pulp is round. Look at this.

The black paint on the copper coin body is auspicious

Rusty, you can tell it's very old at a glance." The stall owner turned into a chatterbox and continued his deception plan. "It's not open today, but if you want it, little girl, I'll give you a cheaper price of 3,000 yuan. I'm already very rich.

Suffered a loss."

"Besides, the last one is in the National Museum. It's impossible to put it up for auction. If you buy it, this is the only one that can be circulated in the world." The stall owner said like that. If you don't buy the whole one, you'd be stupid.

Sister, why don’t you take advantage of such a huge bargain?

Fang Monan shook his head and looked at him jumping up and down with a smile, "What you said is ridiculous, you can be sure it is true."

"Hehe... This will test your eyesight." The stall owner said with a smile, "Miss, you see, if this Zhining Yuanbao is really worth 3,000 yuan, it is not expensive, and it can be sold to an auction house. The price is incredible..." He

Smash said with a smile, "If you get hit in the eye, the loss won't be big. The key is your eyesight, what I say won't work."

In the final analysis, this business of antiques is all about eyesight. No one returns the goods because they think they bought the wrong thing. First, they feel that they cannot afford to disgrace this person, and are afraid that others will know that they have had an eye. Second, buying the wrong thing means that they have poor eyesight.

.No wonder others can only subscribe to pay tuition fees.

"You know how to please!" Fang Monan shook her head and chuckled. When she opened her eyes, she could clearly see a meager trace of heaven and earth energy. It looked like an old imitation. No wonder it was made so realistic.

The business of counterfeiting antiques has been around since ancient times. Even the palace manufacturing offices imitated the porcelain of the previous dynasty, but the mark clearly stated that it was a forgery. However, the value of these imitation porcelain has doubled to this day.

The stall owner was honest in pricing. He quoted the price of an old imitation.

"Haha..." The stall owner had a silly smile on his face. This thing was collected from the ancestral hall in the countryside and mixed in a pile of copper coins. When he was cleaning these coins, he saw that it was like a treasure! As for whether it was true or not, he believed it was

Really, he had someone authenticate it, and it’s hard to say whether it’s genuine or not. Some people say it’s genuine, and some people say it’s an old imitation. So I bought it at this roadside stall! Let the buyer identify it, hoping to find someone who is taking advantage of it.

If you can sell it at a high price, it's best. If you can't sell it, just keep it! Anyway, it was collected from piles of copper coins, and it didn't cost much at the time.

In the antique business, there are fakes everywhere, and some old imitations are worth collecting. The key depends on whether the buyer likes it! Even if it is genuine, if it cannot be met by collectors who want to collect it, then it will be unpopular, except for those who don’t understand.

Historical research value, if it cannot be sold across the ocean, is worthless in their eyes! But if you meet a collector who wants to collect it, even if it is a fake, its value will double! This is the business of antiques, that's all!

"How's it going? Miss, do you want more?" the stall owner asked again.

The middle-aged man at a stall next to him said, "Second son, that's enough. I've already put the little girl back, so don't keep nagging." I've made it clear that I've seen it, and I don't want it regardless of whether it's true or not.

"Business cannot be done without benevolence and righteousness. Can you see if there is anything else you like? Everything else I have here is genuine." The stall owner continued his tour.

What he said made Fang Monan believe that the other items on the stall had some sinister aura. She shook her head, the sinister aura was too small. She just turned around and took a cursory look at one side.

It is a very dangerous weapon with strong Yin evil, but it cannot be used as a handy weapon.

"Hey! Miss, why are you always shaking your head! What do you want to buy?" The stall owner looked at the person in front of him like a buyer and really didn't want to let him go.[

Most of them came from the soil. Fang Monan wanted to find a handy weapon. "Do you have any ancient weapons here?"

"How come the little girl likes things like swords and guns?" The stall owner muttered, more out of regret, because he didn't have what she needed here.

When you come into contact with this industry of antiques, you will feel that it is "lively and colorful". It tests concentration, is full of drama, is full of murderous intent in calmness, and pays attention to enjoying while playing. "If you don't open for three years, you will eat when you open."

"Three years", every entry and exit is a big ticket.

The stall owner had a look of pity on his face. Even if he went to look for it now, it wouldn't be suitable! This was too unpopular.

This business is generally sparse and rarely crowded. Because of authenticity issues and price issues, buyers have to come back several times to reach a consensus with the boss. That kind of one-shot deal is only possible by deceiving laymen. People are small.

The girl made it clear that she was an expert. After fooling everyone for so long, no one was convinced. So this time the stall owner said honestly, "I don't have that kind of unpopular collection here."

In the collection world, there are not many collectors of cold weapons. The reason is that there are too few antique swords on the market. Cold weapons, because they have practical functions and can kill too much, are generally regarded as unlucky weapons. In Chinese tradition,

In the concept, it is not an object worthy of collecting or studying. Some of the weapons scattered among the people have been recycled and transformed into civilian products, and some types are directly used as agricultural tools. Coupled with years of rust, wear, and damage, especially in

After liberation, a large number of ancient cold weapons were destroyed due to large-scale steel smelting, so fewer and fewer of them survived.

From the perspective of the major categories of antique collection, including calligraphy and painting, jade, bronze, porcelain, ancient furniture, miscellaneous items, etc., they have been recognized by collectors and the market and have formed a collection boom, but there is almost no place for cold weapons.

, even among miscellaneous items, it is a relatively unpopular category.

"Little girl, you are looking for a weapon. I have one in my hand. I wonder if it suits your taste!" the middle-aged man next to him said, but he did not take it out.

"Oh!" Fang Monan raised his eyebrows.

This middle-aged man in his forties persuaded, "Little girl, these ancient weapons, especially those made from the earth, are often too evil and bad for your health. I advise you not to use them!"

"That's right! Little girl, don't believe this." The young stall owner looked around and murmured in a low voice, "The tombs are all instructed by Feng Shui masters, and most of the things coming out of them contain evil spirits."

"Little girl, this is true." The two stall owners nodded in unison.

Fang Monan still had a good impression of them despite their efforts to persuade them. She raised her eyes and made a circle on their faces. They both had honest faces and were honest people.

Fang Monan took a step back and stood at the uncle's stall, "Uncle, what you sell is really quite good, but there are some old items..." The items on this stall are clearly distinct, piled in a corner of the stall.

It was filled with all kinds of copper coins, with some bronzes in the middle, and jade, porcelain and other objects scattered around.

Fang Monan could see that these items were collected from some people's homes and were not items from the soil. It was not like the stalls next to them that were all from the soil and had a sinister aura. Fang Monan saw

He said to the young stall owner, "Brother! You'd better take less of these things, because too much is not good for your health!"

"Thank you! Little girl, to tell you the truth, I'm not afraid of these evil spirits!" the stall owner replied with a smile.

"Oh!" Fang Monan raised her eyebrows and looked at him again. No wonder, she looked stunned. It turned out that he had an amulet on his body! A jade magic weapon.

"Just think of it as a way to accumulate virtue for your descendants, and avoid touching it as little as possible!" Fang Monan kindly reminded him.

Although this young stall owner does not have the aura of death on his body, because the aura of death can only be found in people who often go to and from tombs. This aura of death is also a kind of evil spirit, and does not end as tragically as the tomb robbers.

.

Since ancient times, people who engage in the tomb robbing business rarely get a good death.

And this stall owner specializes in collecting the objects in his hand. The evil spirit usually does no harm to people, but when it condenses too much, when old age or bad luck occurs, this evil spirit will occur, but it will be

It will make people's fate more miserable.

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