Meng Zitao had always heard that the water in Panjiayuan was very deep, but because he had never been here before, he didn't know how deep it was. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

There are indeed a wide variety of things on the market, such as a variety of porcelain varieties, purple sand jars, cultural inkstones, bronze miscellaneous and so on. However, none of these things can get into Mencius's eyes, and some things are so crude that even novices are difficult to fool.

Meng Zitao walked around several stalls, but he didn't encounter a single thing that could catch his eyes, and he was still a little disappointed in his heart, feeling that it was a little different from the imaginary Panjiayuan ghost market, or rather, this is called the greater the hope, the greater the disappointment.

Walking to a stall, Meng Zitao saw a middle-aged buyer haggling with a stall owner with a flashlight and a stall owner's calculator.

This stall mainly houses all kinds of coins, as well as miscellaneous items such as copper furnaces and copper mirrors.

The buyer took a fancy to the two silver coins, saying that it was Yuan Datou of Lu Province, hearing this name, Meng Zitao shook his head secretly, he didn't even need to look at it to know that there must be something wrong with these two silver coins.

In fact, from the 30th year of Guangxu to the 32nd year of Guangxu, the Lu Provincial Copper Yuan Bureau only minted when 10, when 22 kinds of copper dollars, and then there was no history of minting coins, to this day, no documents and historical materials have been found, during the Republic of China in the mirror of Lu Province, the official or warlord has officially minted the record of silver dollars.

And now this kind of silver dollar on the market, no matter from the casting process, weight and fineness and other aspects, this kind of silver dollar is a private silver dollar minted by a private individual, because there is no convincing record, it is impossible to judge whether it is true or false.

To get back to the point, after the stall owner opened the price, he only saw the buyer pressing 600 on the calculator, and the stall owner looked at the silver dollar with a flashlight and said: "You look at the condition of these two silver dollars, and then you weigh them, and the goods will have this number." ”

With that, he pressed a few numbers on the calculator.

The buyer was delighted by the numbers on the calculator, pressed 1500 on the calculator and said, "I'll give you some more, and you can sell me these two pieces too." With that, he pointed to the other two silver dollars.

Meng Zitao looked at the two silver dollars, and his heart was also happy, it seems that this person is also drunk and warm, not in wine, although he did not see which version of these two silver dollars, but from the point of view of the quality, eighty percent is undoubtedly genuine, if it is a little more precious, it may be missing.

Of course, it is also possible that these two silver dollars are high imitations, and the buyer will be eye-catching again.

The vendor looked at the two silver dollars, then at the price, hesitated for a moment, then agreed, and said, "Let's just open a piece, we really can't make money like you." ”

The buyer smiled slightly, with a hint of pride in his smile, and immediately paid the money and walked away with the silver dollar.

Meng Zitao nodded to the stall owner, and then lowered his head to look at the items on the stall. He first took a look at a relatively small number of bronze mirrors and other objects, but most of them were not genuine, and the rest were all old imitations of the Republic of China, which were basically not worth a few dollars.

Then, Meng Zitao looked at the various coins on the stall.

Meng Zitao glanced at it and found that there were many kinds of coins here, from the Song Dynasty to the Republic of China, but most of the coins were ordinary layouts, and the most precious of them was the Yuan Datou of the third year of the Republic of China, which was worth five or six hundred.

In addition to these ordinary coins, there are also a few coins in small brocade boxes near the stall owner.

With the consent of the stall owner, Meng Zitao picked up a box casually, only to see that the coins inside were copper and golden, with a relatively exquisite appearance, and there seemed to be no obvious casting defects, and the lines were clear, and the interface was relatively smooth and smooth.

In addition, coins have a draft slope and have a larger diameter than their varieties. On the whole, the coin in the box is clearly a mother coin.

The mother money, the mother, is like an animal mother character giving birth to a child, is a coin used to print money on the sand and mud model, and cast the child money in this shape. To put it simply, the mother money is a mold, a tool used to turn the sand money, and strictly speaking, the mother money can generally be divided into two kinds, carved mother and cast mother. What you see on the market is generally the casting mother, and the carved mother is quite rare.

Meng Zitao raised his head and asked, "Boss, can I take it out?"

The stall owner nodded, but Meng Zitao had to wear gloves, and said a little uneasily: "You try to be careful, this is mother money!"

"Don't worry, I'll take care of it. ”

Meng Zitao put on his gloves and took the coin out of the box.

Speaking of which, the Qing Dynasty mint mother is a wonderful flower in the numismatic collection, seemingly simple but all-encompassing.

According to the different materials, it can be divided into three kinds of copper and lead wood; according to the different types of sand coins, it can be divided into two kinds: copper coin casting mother and iron coin casting mother, the latter is the iron mother; according to the different molding process, it can also be divided into sand turning mother, beating mother, mechanism mother, and the identity of various mother money can be independent and overlapping.

This copper coin in the box, for the "Guangxu heavy baby spring bureau when ten" mother money, is made by the process of beating, the molding principle of the mother is roughly, first with two pieces of wood, each engraved on the face and back of the coin, and then with the copper sheet prepared in advance, pressed on the carved wooden mold, according to the shape of the text, so that the two thin pieces are pressed and formed by the soil machine method, and the heavier coin will also be sandwiched in the middle of the lead cake, play a fixed role, make the coin strong.

This kind of heirloom mother money is relatively not very rare, Meng Zitao has seen a few before, like this "Guangxu Heavy Treasure" If it is genuine, the market value should be about 8,000.

However, as soon as the coin was acquired, Mencius felt that it was relatively lightweight, and a little observation could reveal that there was a problem with its copper.

One of the characteristics that distinguishes the mother money from ordinary currencies is that it is mostly made of high-quality copper or other high-quality materials. Historically, since the production of the sand minting currency, the copper quality of the surviving mother money is better than that of the general circulating currency, according to the data, the copper used in the mother money of the Qing Dynasty is generally more than four refining, and some are as high as six or seven refining.

Therefore, in addition to special circumstances, the mother money has gone through hundreds of years, or even more than 1,000 years of vicissitudes of life, regardless of the unearthed products, it is also a hand-me-down, its appearance is quite eye-catching, among the many copper coins, it can be said to stand out from the crowd.

However, although the copper quality of this mother coin is not bad, under the rich experience of Meng Zitao, the prototype still appeared, which is at least worse than the real thing.

Meng Zitao quietly returned the things, and picked up a few other small brocade boxes, only to find that only one of them was genuine, and the mother coin was not in good condition, which made him a little disappointed.

But anyway, it would be nice to have a genuine one, so I asked about the price.

The stall owner pressed a few numbers on the calculator, and then handed the calculator to Meng Zitao, and at the same time felt a little surprised, because he knew that Meng Zitao had selected the only genuine mother coin on the stall, and he couldn't do it without a certain strength.

Because of this, the stall owner did not shout the price indiscriminately because Meng Zitao was young, and offered 4,000 yuan.

This price was a little more expensive, and Meng Zitao paid it back a few more times, and finally sold it for three thousand two.

After paying, Meng Zitao was about to get up and leave, when the stall owner suddenly said: "Little brother, I still have a Guangxu Tongbao Fengju Xiaoping, I don't know if you are interested?"

Meng Zitao was about to respond, when he heard a voice from behind: "What is there to look at in Guangxu Bao Fengju Xiaoping, I still have a few more." ”

Meng Zitao looked back and saw that it was Zhong Jinxian and them, and he was a little strange: "Why did you come here like this?"

"Hehe, I want your help with something, let's go. Zhong Jinxian smiled, and wanted to pull Meng Zitao away.

"I'll talk about it when I'm ready. Meng Zitao smiled: "Do you think it's an ordinary Baofeng Bureau Xiaoping?"

The stall owner also smiled, took out an identical brocade box from the box he was sitting on, and put it in front of Meng Zitao.

Zhong Jinxian looked down and muttered, "Hey, why does it look a little different." ”

"I'll tell you later. ”

There were many people at the scene, Meng Zitao didn't want to say more, after reading it carefully, he sighed slightly in his heart, this mother coin is indeed genuine, but I don't know who smashed it or what, the quality is really poor, which makes him regretful, but also very hesitant to collect it.

After thinking for a while, Meng Zitao finally gave up his intention to collect it and returned the coin to the stall owner: "It would be nice if this mother coin was in better condition." ”

The stall owner put the coins away and said, "No way, you can't have both fish and bear's paws." ”

Meng Zitao understood the meaning of the stall owner's words, if this mother coin was in good condition, it was estimated that he would not be able to get it, or he would have a better choice if he got it, and it would be normal to put it up for auction.

In addition, the stall owner may have another meaning, so that Meng Zitao should not be too picky.

Of course, Meng Zitao couldn't settle, so he took his things and left with Zhong Jinxian and the couple.

Zhong Jinxian asked curiously: "Zitao, what is so special about that copper coin just now?" ？”

Meng Zitao first explained the meaning of the mother coin, and then said: "The one just now is actually the mechanism of the mother coin, he first used the machine to press out a high-precision coin, that is, what we call the mechanism square hole, and then pierced it to repair the draft slope, used as the mother coin. ”

"At present, the only physical object I have seen is Guangxu Tongbao Fengju Xiaoping, and the same version of the sand money. Because the cost is too high to be implemented, this type of money is extremely rare. This is also this kind of mother money unique to the Guangxu Dynasty. It's a pity that the condition is so poor, if it was a little better, I would definitely accept it. ”

Zhong Jinxian suddenly said: "Oh, so that's what happened. ”

Meng Zitao asked as he walked, "By the way, what do you have a crush on?" (To be continued.) )