Chapter 383: Silver Coins

The flashlights of the mercenaries standing in the rear were all pointed here, and these white and miserable skeletons were even more terrifying in the light.

"This ......" Zheng Zheng looked at the skeletons in front of him, fixed his mind, and asked Tony on the side, "Tony, is this ......?"

Everyone was looking for a crystal skull, but not a real human skeleton. Now that you're in this realm, it's natural to ask Tony, who is the guide, what's going on.

Tony shook his head at Zheng Zheng, and his voice was a little strange through the gas mask: "The location is not wrong...... I'm not quite sure why that's the case here. ”

After a pause, Tony turned to Liu Yuanshu and said, "Mr. Liu, look ......?"

Liu Yuanshu didn't speak immediately, he borrowed a long knife from the mercenaries on the side, and walked to the skeletons with a flashlight. With a flashlight, Liu Yuanshu flicked these skeletons with the long knife in his hand, and then used the tip of the knife to pick up the remaining clothes on these skeletons, and looked carefully at them for a while by the light of the flashlight.

Seeing this, Liu Yuanshu nodded, beckoned back, and motioned for the mercenaries to come over to help.

The mercenaries were originally characters who ate on the tip of the knife, not to mention the dead, and killed a lot. This kind of scene full of skeletons is a little weird to them at best, but it can't scare them. At that time, a few mercenaries stepped forward and cleaned up several skeletons under Liu Yuanshu's instructions, revealing a box that was pressed by these skeletons.

I can't see the true color of this box, and I don't know what material it is. There was a lock hanging from the top of the box, and I didn't know what was inside.

Liu Yuanshu looked at the box and nodded to one of the mercenaries. The mercenary knew in his heart, took out the small hand axe he carried with him, cut the lock on the box, and lifted the lid of the box.

Most of the lights are focused on this crate to make it easier for the mercenary. The moment the lid of the box opened, everyone only felt that the silver light in front of them was dazzling, and they were really dazzled by the silver light.

In the open box, there were boxes full of silver coins, all shiny like new coins. With such a dozen lights, these silver lights are even brighter by a few points.

Seeing this scene, whether everyone was ecstatic or shocked, no one spoke for a while.

Zheng Zheng didn't speak, when he first saw this box of silver coins, Zheng Zheng was really shocked in his heart, and wondered what was going on. However, recalling what Captain Connor said, Zheng Zheng immediately understood in his heart when the two were compared.

Sure enough, the story of "Julian stealing the silver coins" was not just a story, but something that actually happened. As expected, these skeletons on the ground should be the ones who stole the silver coins. I just don't know why they got here and why they died here.

But knowing this, Zheng Zheng secretly shook his head in his heart. That's not right, I and these people came here to find the crystal skull, but not to find these silver coins? Now, according to Tony Nasnan's instructions, I didn't find the crystal skull, but I found these silver coins - although these silver coins are also very valuable, but this is too far from the expected goal, right?

Thinking of this, Zheng Zheng couldn't help but boil things down to Na Si Nan. Could it be that Yin Sinan's ability to accurately locate is very poor, and it will be interfered with by other valuables? That is to say, the crystal skull is indeed in this Andes Mountains, but after coming to the Andes, Sinan was disturbed by such a cave silver coin that is also quite valuable, and pointed his position here?

Judging from the current situation, as long as Tony, who is the user of Sinan, does not make a mistake, then this idea can be established. However, in Zheng Zheng's opinion, this is not as good as Tony's operation error, otherwise even if this matter is over, he can use the Liang family's Sinan to find the Zheng family's inheritance, so whether he can find it is really two words. How many antiques do you have to have in China? If this Sinan is disturbed by other antiques, then he will not be busy enough to run and break his leg.

Zheng Zheng was still pondering here, Liu Yuanshu picked up a few silver coins from the box, and then made a few gestures to the mercenaries, signaling them to move these boxes out. He gestured to Zheng Zheng and the others again, and then walked out. The mercenaries began to pack up the skeletons and boxes in the cave, and Zheng Zheng and the three walked out of the cave with Liu Yuanshu.

Walking out of the cave, Liu Yuanshu took off the gas mask, exhaled a long breath, and then handed the silver coins in his hand to Zheng Zheng: "Jack, look at these silver coins." ”

Zheng Zheng took off the gas mask, took the silver coin in Liu Yuanshu's hand, weighed it, and looked at it twice.

Although this kind of silver coin is not a product of China, it is not a Chinese antique, but Zheng Zheng is no stranger to it. Because this kind of double-column silver dollar flowed into China in the Ming Dynasty, the amount was quite large, although the Qing Dynasty later paid these out as indemnity, but there are still some domestic remains. As an ancient coin, there are also people who collect this. Zheng Zheng has never had this kind of silver coin in his hands, but the relevant knowledge is not bad at all.

There are two types of "Double Column Silver Coins", "Double Ball" and "Human Head". The former was minted in 1732 and the latter in 1772. In mythology, Europe and Africa were originally connected, and were later pulled apart by Hercules Hercules. The peaks on both sides of Gibraltar are called the Hercules Columns, which is where the Double Pillars come from. There is a scroll wound on the column to form an S shape, and S plus two strong bars indicate that "yuan" comes from this. The scroll has the Latin word PLVSVLTRA, which means "there is still heaven and earth overseas". There are two balls between the two columns, which means to conquer the world. IN 1772~17, THE THIRD COIN WAS MINTED, AND THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE PORTRAIT ON THE OBVERSE IS DEI.GRATIA, AND THE LEFT SIDE IS CAROLUS.III., WHICH MEANS "CHARLIE III OF THE GODS IS KING OF SPAIN" IN LATIN. In 1791~1808, the fourth coin was minted, and the characters were the same as the former, except that III. was changed to IIII. AFTER 1808, THE LEFT SIDE OF THE PORTRAIT WAS CHANGED TO FEDIN.VII., I.E. FERDINAND VII. In 1821, Mexico became independent, and in 1825, the casting of "Double Columns" was stopped, and the casting of "Eagle Ocean" was changed. On the back of the "double column", under the crown between the two columns is a coat of arms, in the center of which are three lilies, and two oblique angles are called standing lions, indicating the kingdom of Aragon.

Zheng Zheng knew about these materials and related knowledge, but he didn't put much effort into it. First, because this kind of silver dollar is still quite small in China, the market is just like that, it is unpopular; second, there is not much room for counterfeiting of this kind of silver coin, if it is really fake, it is also to get a "lead tire silver skin" fake to fool things, which is also easy to distinguish, two silver coins put together a knock, listening to the sound can tell whether it is true or false. As for other materials, it can be judged just by weighing the weight, and after staying in the antique shop for so long, Zheng Zheng still has this bit of kung fu in his hand.

After weighing the weight of the silver dollar and looking at the details on the silver coin, Zheng Zheng knew it in his heart. He handed the silver coin back to Liu Yuanshu and said, "This is a real Spanish silver dollar, and it can't be wrong." ”

Liu Yuanshu took the silver coin, tossed it lightly in his hand a few times, and listened to the pleasant sound of the silver coins hitting each other, Liu Yuanshu asked, "What do you say about the market price of this silver coin?"

Zheng Zheng looked back at the mercenaries who were carrying silver coins out one by one, and said, "This depends on the condition, the price of each silver coin fluctuates between 1,000 and 2,000 yuan." It's like this new and new color...... It can be sold for 2,500 pieces. ”

Although what he said, Zheng Zheng was talking about the price of Spanish silver dollars under normal circumstances. And this is obviously not a normal situation with "box" as the unit of calculation. If you were to sell these Spanish silver dollars in a package, you would be able to eat them in one bite, and you wouldn't spend so much money to buy them.

This is also a very embarrassing place for this kind of antique: it is worth selling a single one, and it is not worrying about sales, but if there is a large number, it is a trouble. Therefore, although the market price of these silver coins is about 2,000 yuan each, if you want to cash these silver coins as soon as possible, then the price cannot be used as a standard.

But even then, even if these silver coins were cashed at the lowest price, it would be a large amount in the tens of millions.

Hearing Zheng Zheng say this, Liu Yuanshu didn't ask much, and obviously understood the truth. He laughed a few times, nodded to Zheng Zheng, and turned around to go over there to direct the handling of silver coins.

At this time, Zheng Zheng stepped forward and stopped Liu Yuanshu.

"Huh?" Liu Yuanshu glanced at Zheng Zheng in some surprise and said, "What's wrong, Jack?"

Tony and Vincent on the side also had different faces, looking at Zheng Zheng, not knowing what Zheng Zheng wanted.

Zheng Zheng spread his hands, signaled that he didn't mean anything else, and smiled: "I don't mean anything else, but it's nothing...... Just wanted to remind you, Mr. Liu, that the purpose of our trip was to find the crystal skulls, not these silver coins. ”

"Uh......"

Liu Yuanshu nodded, coughed dryly, and said, "Of course I won't forget this...... What do you mean by that?"

Zheng Zheng shrugged his shoulders and said, "Now we have followed this signal all the way here, but we have not found the crystal skull, only these silver coins. While these coins are worth a lot, that's not what I'm trying to do. This situation has arisen, which is undoubtedly affecting my time, so ......"

Zheng Zheng smiled, looked at Tony on the side, and said, "So please explain to Tony, what is the situation now? I've been busy for so long but I haven't finished the task yet, I think this always has to be explained, right?"

As soon as Zheng Zheng's words came out, Liu Yuanshu immediately stopped talking, and Tony's face on the side became unsightly.

Zheng Zheng's words are true, it is you who let you come here, and it is you who swear that there must be a crystal skull here, and it is easy to get to the place after being busy for many days, but the crystal skull is not found, no matter what, you have to give Zheng Zheng an explanation.