The fourth box on the back is very distinctive, it is not an ordinary wooden crate, but a green patent tin box, the surface is slightly rusty, and it looks like an old antique.

Guan Xingquan saw Zhang Nan's attention looking at the iron box, and said on the side: "This piece was originally placed in a wooden box, one box and two iron boxes, and you will definitely like the things inside." ”

The tone is affirmative.

In addition to the big living people, Zhang Nan likes a lot of things, but if it is said that he particularly likes things, it seems that there are really not many.

Let's see, what's inside.

There are words on the iron box, but Zhang Nan can't read it, and it should be judged that it should still be German, but there is an emblem on the surface of the box that Zhang Nan recognizes: Austria-Hungary Double Eagle.

Squatting and opening the buckle, it was originally a little rusty, but it was opened by Guan Xingquan and others in the tunnel before, and I saw that there were two very thick cardboard boxes inside, and there were seals on them.

At this point, Zhang Nan couldn't help it, raised his head and asked Guan Xingquan: "What kind of coin is in it?"

The surface of the carton has words similar to the surface of the tin box, as well as the Arabic numerals of 1848 and 1808, plus the seal on the carton, Zhang Nan feels that it is very likely to be a coin inside, and it is also a very precious gold coin.

Four-layer packaging, coupled with small volume and large weight, the color of the goods inside is not the same: the iron box is set with a carton and then added a seal, which is the packaging of the coin when it leaves the factory, I don't know whether the box is a roll or a bag, anyway, it is unlikely to be a boxed coin, and the box is not so heavy.

Hearing Zhang Nan's question, Guan Xingquan said with a rare smile: "In 1908, the Austro-Hungarian Empire commemorated the 60th anniversary of the reign of Emperor Franz-Joseph with 100 crowns. ”

Zhang Nan's eyes lit up, "Goddess on the clouds?"

Boss Guan nodded, "It's the goddess on the clouds." ”

Comrade Guan Xingquan is also playing coin collecting now, and Zhang Nan is even more so, he has always had a special preference for round coins, but he is not fanatical, and pays attention to collecting casually.

In the previous life, the conditions were limited, and I only played the collection of modern machine-made coins on the general Chinese market, and now, I play all over the world.

Among the precious metal coins in the West, there are several gold and silver coins that are not only beautifully composed and have superb casting technology, but also have not survived in large quantities, and are highly evaluated in the collecting circle, including this "goddess on the clouds"!

Zhang Nan is rich, very rich, and as for Guan Boss, his money is enough to collect any kind of coin in the world that he is interested in, but neither of them has the habit of going to auction companies to buy rare coins, and at most they will go to the coin market when they are free.

It's reasonable to buy at a reasonable price, but the auction house generally doesn't go, and if you only use money to smash it, it will be a lot less fun.

Because of this, Zhang Nan and Guan Xingquan have not bought a high-grade "goddess on the clouds" until now.

This kind of circulating commemorative gold coins are very rare on the market, and occasionally appear in auction houses, 33.92 grams of gold coins, nearly 20,000 US dollars a piece of unused goods, Zhang Nan did not have the habit of being wronged.

And there is a whole tin box here, and there are numbers on the carton - 150 pieces in one box, 300 pieces in one tin box, and at least another 300 pieces in the second train!

There are 600 pieces in total, are there so many other collectors and museums combined?

Took out a box and put it on the dining table, "Wangfeng, give me a knife." ”

Knowing that Jiang Wangfeng has a knife on his body, he can still be the kind of letter opener.

Sure enough, the latter didn't know where to take out a single-edged dagger with a length of more than 20 centimeters, handmade and thin.

The factory seals are all 82 years old, and they are not expected to be opened, so they are cut by a quick knife and do not hurt up and down.

Ordinary commemorative coins pay attention to the volume of coins are more expensive than loose coins, box coins are better than volumes, and it is best to come to a box of unopened ones. But if it is a gold or silver coin that can reach an unused image, then the play is a transparent "box coin".

It's all in an opaque cardboard box, do you use X-rays every time you inspect and appreciate the goods?

As soon as the box was opened, it was divided into three rows: not roll coins, but bagged coins in paper bags, using small brown paper bags similar to those used in the early days to divide military medals.

took out a new pair of gloves and put them on, Zhang Nan carefully took out a small bag from it, held it in his right hand and leaned it towards the palm of his left hand, and poured it gently.

In a professional way, the thumb and index finger skillfully clamped the two sides of the gold coin that slipped out, and a bright large gold coin with a mirror effect appeared in front of Zhang Nan's eyes.

A leader in the history of modern European coinage, a classic in the Austro-Hungarian coinage classics, a completely unused, factory-owned "goddess on the clouds" appeared in front of everyone's eyes.

The bearded head of Franz Joseph in his seventies and eighties on the obverse is quite imposing, but in the eyes of numismatic collectors, His Majesty the Emperor is clearly a supporting character on this gold coin: a goddess on the back is half-lying on a cloud, her hand resting on the Austro-Hungarian double-headed eagle shield, and the composition is flawless!

There are numismatic collectors who say this about the "goddess on the clouds": the delicate and layered carving shows the demeanor of Europe's long-established coinage country, the seductive posture, the beautiful face, the classic of the classics!

When viewed under the light, there is hardly a single scratch on the surface of this gold coin, and the mirror effect is obvious.

Actually, it's not even a fine coin: there was no such thing as a proof coin in the Austro-Hungarian Empire, but the die polishing technology was more advanced, and the pressure during stamping was sufficient, so these ordinary commemorative gold coins had a strong mirror effect.

Didn't say it, good stuff!

Seeing enough, Zhang Nan said: "This one with the original paper bag can be sold for at least 20,000 US dollars, or even 30,000 yuan in New York!"

To hand it to Guan Xingquan, the latter smiled and said, "I'm too lazy to bring gloves, let's talk about it." ”

No one on the side wants to come and take a look, and they all understand that before such a factory state goods enter the special rating sealed box, the less people touch it, the better.

In case you fall down...

The value is directly reduced by half!

A gold coin can reach more than 30 times the price of gold, or even more than 50 times, which is a very bullish existence in gold coins!

Put it away carefully, and the box is packed and put back in place: it is enough to open one carton, and the other one is completely unnecessary to open.

The four boxes of gold asked the guys to move to the "finance room" to put them away temporarily, and Zhang Nan asked the latest details below.

“... The train in the east has 12 cars, and the train in the west has 14 cars, all of which are caravans, which are what we often call stuffy tank cars.

The standard 30-ton model in the thirties and forties, all the carriage doors are sealed, we have unloaded it and probably seen the situation inside, the cargo boxes are mainly cargo, the pockets are relatively small, and there are some bare-goods, which should be works of art. ”

As he spoke, Guan Xingquan took out a few lead seals from his pocket, "We have carefully looked at the three types of lead seals, the train on the west side should have been regrouped, and there are two kinds of front and rear carriages with lead seals."

We only recognize this one as Vienna, and all twelve carriages on the east side are sealed with this lead, and the west one is not recognizable. ”