Chapter 36: Luohan Money

Seeing Hu Yang and them choosing bronze coins, an uncle who was watching the chess battle came over, and clasped his nostrils with his fingers, not caring about the image at all.

"Pick slowly, it's all five dollars a piece. It was dug up from a farmer's house, and it must be an old object, so I won't lie to you. Uncle Nose Picker said.

These bronze coins should be the wealth of the peasants' ancestors buried in the ground of their homes.

In ancient times, there were no banks, and wealth was usually hidden in one's own home. Many people dig a cellar and hide their money in the cellar.

Perhaps, maybe the previous generation forgot to explain before his death, and left suddenly, so the copper coins have been buried in the ground.

Until some time ago, when the family was going to build a building, when they were digging the foundation, they dug it out. Because it looks like it is already a piece of rotten copper and iron, the master can only sell it to him as broken copper and iron.

This large pile cost him two hundred yuan.

The stall owner does not want to sell everything, as long as he sells 20 pieces, he can get back the cost, and for the rest, he can earn an extra five yuan by selling one more.

In fact, before this, someone bought more than 50 pieces, and the cost has been earned.

Populus Hu flipped through for a while, and he was not interested. These are all copper coins of the Qing Dynasty, all ordinary Kangxi Tongbao, even if they are in good condition, one is ten yuan and eight yuan, and the value is not much.

In fact, Kangxi Tongbao is generally of slightly higher value.

Kangxi Tongbao, as the name suggests, is a currency minted during the Kangxi period and circulated in the Qing Dynasty. As one of the ancient coins in China, Kangxi Tongbao is a cultural relic with great archaeological value.

Due to the relatively stable social order at that time, the rapid economic development, and the frequent trade and trade around the world, the monetary economy was also very developed. Therefore, the coins in the Kangxi period were usually minted very delicately, so Kangxi Tongbao also has a certain artistic value.

Andy and Tang You chose with relish, and if they liked the ones they felt had eyes, they would ask Brother Hu if it was worth starting.

"There are two types of Kangxi Tongbao, one is to imitate the word Shunzhi 'Bao' plus a bureau name and two Manchu, and the other is Manchu and Chinese corresponding to a Chinese character bureau name and then add a Manchu bureau name. Hu Yang said.

Everyone looked carefully and found that the two situations mentioned by Brother Hu could be found in this pile of copper coins. Moreover, most of them are in Manchu on the back.

"Don't pick this one. Hu Yang pointed.

He was referring to Kangxi Tongbao, whose back was Manchu.

This kind of Kangxi Tongbao comes from the two coinage bureaus of Baoquan and Baoyuan set up by the Ministry of Industry and the Ministry of Household of the Imperial Court. It has a large number of surviving stocks, so the value of it is not high now.

Tang You is very smart and carefully picks the more special ones.

Although she is not an antique dealer, she also knows that rare things are expensive, as long as they are unique enough, the number of surviving will be relatively small, and the price will naturally be relatively high.

"Brother Hu, look at this. Tang You had a smile on his face.

After picking for three minutes and filtering more than 200 copper coins, her eyes were so dry that she burst into tears, and finally let her find a more special one.

When Hu Yang looked at it, he saw that the back of the copper coin was marked by Gong and Xi.

"Luckily, I found a good thing, I bought it first, and I'll explain it to everyone later. ”

In fact, the most important factor affecting the price of Kangxi Tongbao is the backing.

Tang You was overjoyed, and her brothers in the live broadcast room all said goodbye.

"Andy, looking for something special. Tang You couldn't help but remind in a whisper.

After hearing this, Andy's eyes lit up, and he seemed to have found the trick and plunged into the fun of Taobao again.

After a while, he also found a unique style, and without asking for poplar, he made up his mind to buy it.

It's not expensive, after the two paid, seeing that Hu Yang didn't make another move, the stall owner returned to his original position and watched others play chess again.

And Populus Hu said to Tang You: "This one of yours belongs to a rare variety, and there are Gong and West marks on the back. It is conservatively estimated that it can be worth around 5,000 yuan in today's market. ”

When the female anchor Tang You was happy, the audience in the live broadcast room was envious and jealous, and sure enough, she followed Brother Hu to have meat to eat.

The day before yesterday and yesterday, Andy had a harvest, although it was only a gadget of 10,000 yuan. But that's earned in one day, if it's not good, if people follow Brother Hu for a month, it will be higher than their income for a year of hard work, how can you not be envious?

Hu Yang pinched the one Hua Tsai found and said: "Your one, seriously speaking, does not belong to the ancient coins that are really in circulation, and in ancient times, it did not have purchasing power.

This kind of Kangxi Tongbao is called Kangxi Luohan money.

You see, Luohan Qian's 'Tong' character is a single point next to it, while ordinary Kangxi Tongbao is mostly double-point; Luohan Qian's 'Xi' character does not have a vertical on the left, while ordinary Kangxi Tongbao is written as 'Xi'.

This money has an excellent meaning, according to legend, the Kangxi Emperor was cast for his birthday, and then there was a phenomenon of giving Arhat money to each other between lovers during the Republic of China, so it also assumed the role of a token of love. It is a popular variety, with less survival, huge appreciation potential, and the market price has soared in recent years, which is worth collecting and investing.

Let's talk about the price! This kind of Kangxi Arhat money has risen to thousands of yuan in the past two years. ”

Strictly speaking, it is still cheaper than the one Tang You found, after all, there are more of these surviving quantities.

According to Brother Hu's guidance, everyone observed the Luohan money and found that the Luohan money was exquisitely made, with excellent copper, golden color, round outline, flat seal, square inner outline, smooth and neat piercing, and thick strokes of Qian Wen.

Hu Yang thought for a while, and then said: "Keep it! If you sell it, it won't be much money, and you can use it to give it away in the future." ”

He said that Luohan money represents: auspiciousness, happiness, peace, longevity, love, and having Luohan money means having auspiciousness, happiness, peace and longevity.

On the one hand, it has symbolic meaning in giving Luohan money, and on the other hand, this kind of thing is also an antique after all, and it is quite face-saving.

Some viewers in the live broadcast room couldn't help but ask how to identify fakes. After all, in everyone's impression, among the antiques set up in the stalls, the probability of copper coins appearing is really high.

"You can first observe the toning and rust color of the coin and identify it carefully. Genuine patina is hard and unusually hard due to time, and it is not easy to remove, while fakes are loose and floating, and can be peeled off with a light scrape.

If permitted, the coin can also be lightly tossed on the concrete floor, and the sound of the original is pure and untransposed, with the charm of gold and stone, and the fake is full of fire, and the sound of the object will be dull or hoarse.

Also, fake copper coins, most of the process adopts the method of turning sand, because of the cold shrinkage of copper juice, the money body is slightly smaller, the weight is different, the production is rough, the sand hole is more, it is not difficult to identify if you look closely. "Populus euphratica briefly said two or three points, which are the most commonly used identification methods for dealing with copper coins.

Just as he was about to go down, Populus Hu suddenly stopped and stared at an item on the stall.