Chapter 336: Private Banking

They didn't let them wait long, Lao Zhou moved quickly, bringing a bag of apples, bananas and other fruits, which are the monkey's favorite food.

And Xiao Gao and his family also collected several pieces of broken jade, although they didn't find all of them, but the value of those pieces of broken jade has exceeded 10,000, which is undoubtedly a great encouragement for Xiaowen.

Who would have thought that making money would be so easy and simple.

Monkeys are intelligent animals, especially primates in zoos, and can communicate with humans in some primitive ways through body language.

After eating the fruits brought by Lao Zhou, the attitude of these monkeys was obviously much better, and they were no longer naughty.

"Keep up. When Hu Yang saw that the monkey leader was about to leave after eating and drinking, he immediately reminded everyone.

The monkeys were unwary of the humans who followed behind, and a few monkeys led the way.

"What if it's an ancient tomb?" asked Lao Zhou.

Can't do it, a few people really dig up ancient tombs, right? It's not illegal, let's not talk about it for the time being, Brother Hu is still live broadcasting!

"Let's take a look first, if it's an ancient tomb, then report it. "Hu Yang didn't plan to really rob the tomb openly.

Hearing this, Lao Zhou and Wen Wenhao were a little relieved. The two of them are still in awe of the law of the country, and they will always have more scruples about breaking the law and committing crimes.

They followed all the way, and the poplar suddenly stopped, walked towards the grass on the side, and picked up a silver ingot.

When Jin Hua and Pan Long saw it, their eyes lit up, and they carefully observed the environment along the way, for fear of missing the treasure. They knew that the monkey must have taken some of the treasure out and threw it around.

Lao Zhou plans to go up the mountain more in the future, carpet search, all antiques!

The two copper bells that Brother Hu got earlier were worth about 100,000 yuan, and the silver he picked up now was not even more valuable?

However, he guessed wrong this time.

The ingot of silver that Hu Yang picked up was really not as valuable as the copper bell he had just gotten.

"It's the first time I've seen a real silver ingot, but this shape is a bit weird, not as beautiful as in the TV series. Lao Zhou looked at the silver ingots in Hu Yang's hand and said.

Hu Yang smiled: "This is private silver." ”

"Private silver?" Lao Zhou, who didn't know anything about antiques, was confused.

Wen Wenhao explained to him that from the beginning of the Ming Dynasty, silver ingots began to appear in the distinction of official casting and private casting. The shape and shape of the officially minted silver are very strict, after all, it is cast by a mold. Private silver is different, some private silver is even made by hand, and the shape will be more casual.

Especially since the Qing Dynasty, the shape of silver ingots has become more diverse, and each province and place has its own merits, and the same work.

For example, the memorial arch ingot, the performance is more prominent, because its appearance is similar to the archway, and because of its silver color, can be trusted, so it has this name.

In fact, even if it is official silver, the shape of each dynasty will change, and what Lao Zhou and they saw in the TV series is almost all the ingots of the Qing Dynasty.

In the Han Dynasty, silver ingots were cake-shaped, while in the Tang Dynasty, they were generally rectangular strips, with both cake-shaped and boat-shaped.

Compared with Tang silver, the shape of silver ingots in the Song Dynasty is mainly collar, and the shape is wider and thicker than that of Tang silver, and the four corners of the front are slightly warped, which is weight-shaped, and the two arcs at both ends form a girdle shape.

The shape of the silver ingots in the Yuan Dynasty is not much different from that of the Song Dynasty, and the difference between the ingot without inscription is that the periphery is warped, the middle is concave, and most of the Yuan ingots have no inscription.

The length of the silver ingot in the Ming Dynasty became shorter than that in the Yuan Dynasty, but the thickness increased, the girdle was smaller, the arc at both ends disappeared, and the periphery increased, especially the two ends were more prominent, forming a double wing.

"Is the private bank not that valuable?" Lao Zhou couldn't help but ask.

In his values, the official is the best.

In fact, the majority of people with this kind of thinking have entered the misunderstanding of "emphasizing official ingots and ignoring private silver", believing that official ingots are uniformly cast by the government, the fineness is guaranteed, the inscriptions are clear and regular, and the collection value is high.

The private silver is a private mint, the fineness is disorderly, the inscription is simple or complicated and difficult to identify, and the collection value is low.

"Not necessarily, Brother Zhou. Xiao Gao said.

Although he is a rookie, he still understands this truth, even if it is porcelain, the official kiln is not necessarily more exquisite than the private kiln.

Whether it is official ingots or private banks, whether it is the appreciation value or its investment value, it cannot be generalized as official and private.

The collection value of a silver ingot depends on the historical background, taxes, ticket numbers, currency circulation and other related knowledge of the silver ingot, combined with the source, origin, furnace name, weight and other factors in the inscription.

For example, this piece, the inscription is from the late Ming Dynasty, it feels very good, and the silver content is very high, not fake. After saying that, Hu Yang gave the piece of silver to Andy.

Lao Zhou muttered: "Since it is ancient, of course it can't be fake." ”

Wen Wenhao, who was standing next to him, heard this and rolled his eyes: "Who said that it is impossible to fake in ancient times? There are many fake silver in ancient times, and there are all those mixed with copper and lead. ”

He gave a few examples, such as the use of lead tin, which has a blue-black surface and is relatively easy to identify.

When casting, the copper block is solidified inside the silver ingot, and the appearance is gilded silver, the body is large and light, and the feel is obviously different.

There are also a lot of lead filling, dig a small hole at the bottom of the real silver ingot, take out the silver and pour in the lead, and then seal the welding hole, and carefully observe the hole can find that there are traces of sealing and welding.

China also has a tradition of counterfeiting, and some of the methods are unbelievable and unbelievable.

After a while, Lao Zhou also picked up something, which was a copper coin sprinkled on the ground. Unfortunately, Hu Yang told him that those copper coins were not very valuable, and the market price was dozens of yuan, or even a few yuan a piece.

But despite this, Lao Zhou is still very happy, the fun of picking treasures is here, and it does not need to be of high value.

"Hey, don't pick it up yet, you can pick it up slowly and keep up. Wen Wenhao shouted, seeing that Lao Zhou was still picking up copper coins nearby, he couldn't help but remind.

Around here, you can always see scattered copper coins, and Lao Zhou picked up a large bag in less than three minutes.

Everyone was even more determined that the monkey had found the treasure, and they couldn't help but get excited. The monkey can take out the treasure, which shows that the place where the treasure is located does not have many protective measures, and the possibility of being an ancient tomb is not so great.

If it is an ancient tomb, there are usually traps, and an intelligence like a monkey is more likely to die in it.

"Okay, you go first, I'm familiar with this place, and I won't get lost. Lao Zhou still kept his head down and did his thing.

At this time, no one saw it, and he was also holding a piece of gold in his hand, happy like a child, quietly putting it in his mouth, and slowly biting it hard.

When I took it out, I saw the faint tooth marks of the gold, and quickly wiped the saliva with my clothes, then put it in my pocket, and closed the zipper of the pocket, and continued to do my own thing.

The monkey slipped a little fast, and at a corner in the distance, it suddenly disappeared under everyone's noses.

When they came to the corner, they found that there was a cliff in front of them, and there was no trace of the monkey anymore.

"Huh, where did you go?"

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