Chapter 304: Start with 'Money'
Not to mention the hawkers on the antique street, one by one, the ability to observe words and observe sè, jīng is like a monkey, let's just say that there is such an obvious thing as "back money", as long as you dare to get involved in the category of ancient coins, who doesn't know its true value?
Therefore, it is not very surprising that such a thing can be encountered in the stalls of the antique street.
You know, this is an antique street, this is a stall, the more valuable things are, the higher the probability of appearing here. Didn't Jia Rudao ever see the "Riverside Scene at Qingming Festival" before? It was a real thing that was placed in the Forbidden City Museum! Even if it was put out for exhibition, it had to go through multiple procedures before it could be approved! Not to mention that it appeared in a place like Linhai Antique Street and was sold!
In this way, the part in Jia Rudao's heart has little confidence in whether he can appear again in things like ancient coins, similar to receiving the opportunity to pick up leaks such as "back money" in his hometown. Fortunately, even if you don't plan to buy any ancient copper coins, go over and look through them first, if there are any special coins, it's still good to have a long insight.
Isn't it just to walk around the antique street and open your eyes?
If you really say that every time you come to the antique street, you have the intention of picking up leaks, then such a person is really not suitable to enter the antique industry at all!
Although Jia Nidao hopes that he can pick up leaks every day, it is best to keep picking up leaks, and keep picking up leaks, but the facts undoubtedly make Jia Nidao more soberly realize that unless he is allowed to gamble on stones, and he keeps using the perception of abilities to gamble on stones every day, even with it, no matter what kind of quality of jadeite rough he encounters, as long as there is something to earn, he will all be gambled back, and then, after cutting the stone, he will immediately sell the jadeite material, even if he makes a small profit, he must make a move as soon as possible. In this way, whether it is in terms of funds or ability, he can barely maintain himself in the situation of "picking up leaks" every day, right?
However, in this way, the exposure of Jia Yidao's ability perception is also obvious.
If you really encounter any dangerous situation, God knows if it is other gambling stone experts, out of jealousy, or some petty people who want to make money and kill themselves......
On the antique stall in front of him, near the left, most of the part is occupied by jade gadgets, and the rest of the place near the right is a lot of stamps. The whole stamp album looks old, and so do the stamps inside!
Jia seems to be unable to see which of these stamps are famous, or which ones are more valuable. After questioning the vendor, the other party said very simply: "Five hundred yuan, you can take the entire philatelic album." ”
Jia Rudao was speechless for a moment. At the moment, I don't care about stamps, jade and the like anymore. Even the other philatelic albums were not opened. Instead, he began to seriously examine the copper coins on the stall. Almost all the copper coins were piled up together by the hawkers, and there was not the slightest rule to speak of. It seems that the peddler in front of him doesn't know much about coins and other things. It's not like the jade on the left, which is very regular.
Jia Rudao glanced at the jade on the left side of the stall. From Jia Yidao's point of view, in general, those with higher value were placed at the back of the stall by the vendors, and the low-value ones, even the jade ornaments imitated after plastic and stone dyeing, were placed at the front of the stall.
Of course, maybe the antique hawker's own eyesight is not enough, or it is the antique hawker who has the idea of being fake and real, and in the back rows of jade jewelry, there are also some low-value, but whether it is craftsmanship or appearance, they are relatively bright jewelry!
False and real, it is difficult to distinguish between real and false!
And Jia Yidao is more convinced that the hawker has such a layout, which should be for the latter reason!
Bowing his head, while flipping the copper coin, while checking, Jia Nidao's movements are very fast, and almost all of them seem to be checking the front and back of the copper coin, as well as looking at the font engraved on it! As for whether Jia Nidao is looking for copper coins such as "closed back" money and "closed face" money, only Jia Nidao himself knows......
The stall owner, who was not very old and roughly similar to Xiaoma, did not react much after seeing Jia Yidao's actions. Anyway, these copper coins and the like, just flip through them, and they won't be broken. And Jia Rudao is a little tired of this. The movements of the hands are almost getting faster and faster. Sometimes, the stall owners and vendors are suspicious. The young man in front of him, when he was checking, did he see clearly what age the copper coin in his hand came from?
Fortunately, there are a lot of copper coins on the stalls, not to mention thousands, five or six hundred, there must be. In terms of form, it is also relatively numerous. The most common round shape, not to mention for the time being, other forms, such as diamond-shaped, or "knife-like", are available. Yes, on the surface, there is still a bit of "green and green" beauty, that is because of the age, environmental reasons, caused by the rust on the copper coin, there is some ancient sè smell!
Jia Rudao rummaged through for a while, and felt that his fingers were a little weak, so he stopped. The expected "back fit" and "face fit" money still didn't appear in the end, which made Jia Rudao exhale a long breath and feel a little disappointed. Even if you think that such a fact is normal!
And among these copper coins that Jia Rudao has passed. For example, "Chongning Tongbao", "Zhitong Yuanbao", "Zhenghe Tongbao", "Xuanhe Tongbao" and other very common types in the Northern Song Dynasty. Others, very little. Even if a few pieces appear occasionally, it is difficult for Jia Yidao to see the reason.
First, the era name of the ancient emperor, Jia Rudao is more familiar with the Song, Yuan, Ming and Qing dynasties, who made the porcelain of this period the most jīng? For this reason, for the copper coins of the Song, Yuan, Ming and Qing dynasties, it seems that it will be more labor-saving; second, on some copper coins, there is no font on them at all, and they can only be judged from the form; third, that is, even if Jia Rudao knows when a copper coin comes from, he does not know very much about its real price!
You must know that ancient Chinese coins have a long history, a variety of varieties, and high collection and investment value, which is naturally right. As far as the "back money" in Jia Yidao's hand is concerned, there is a lot of price, even if it is not so, it is also very interesting for collectors to take a look, appreciate it for themselves, and occasionally play with it. If Jia seems to be able to collect some more "back money", it is also good to play from time to time, throw coins, and guess the positive and negative games.
However, Jia Rudao also knows that ancient coins are not the older they are, the better they are, and the older they are, the higher their value, which is just a misunderstanding of some novices who have just entered the industry or have not yet entered the industry. Although, to a large extent, it is true that old coins are more precious in comparison, it is not true to extend such a conclusion to all ancient coins of old age.
In many of the more recent ancient coins, there are also some expensive treasures.
Let's just say that it was the Warring States Period more than 23oo years ago, the currency of the Yan Kingdom "Ming Knife", its form and the like, very characteristic not to mention for the time being, just its age, it can also be said to be very old. Survived to this day, there is no lack of high-quality "Ming knife", however, because the casting amount is very considerable, there are still unearthed from time to time, and often hundreds of pieces, the price on the market is only sixty or seventy yuan a piece. In addition, what makes people feel a little helpless is that the "five baht coin" of the Han Dynasty 2ooo years ago, and the "Kaiyuan Tongbao" of the Tang Dynasty more than 1ooo years ago, and even the "Xuanhe Tongbao" of the Northern Song Dynasty, their prices are so low that they are unbelievable!
For just a few cents, you can buy it at the coin stall in the antique market!
However, some of the ancient coins of the same age are sold at the same high price. Let's just say that it is the "three-hole cloth coin" in the Warring States Period, and the price of circulation in the market is as high as more than 60,000 yuan a piece, and it is still in a state of price and no goods. As for the end of the Western Han Dynasty, Wang Mang's "Zhuangquan Forty" coin will definitely not be less than 25,000 yuan a coin on the market. Even the coins of the Qing Dynasty, which came out only more than 1oo years ago, many varieties belong to the ranks of ancient coins as high as tens of thousands of yuan. For example, the "Qixiang Heavy Treasure", the "Heavenly Treasure" cast during the Taiping Rebellion, and so on.
Therefore, the degree of surprise in the value of ancient coins made Jia Rudao, a novice in ancient coins who knew nothing and was not very proficient, feel a little apprehensive when he encountered a large number of ancient coins.
The main reason for such a world of difference in the value of ancient coins is the number of ancient coins in existence.
Historically, some dynasties have been relatively strong, and they have used a single variety of coins for decades or even centuries. Generally speaking, the amount of ancient money like this, the stock is naturally very large, almost amazing. In today's market, it's understandable that the value has fallen to a few cents.
And some short-lived dynasties have just tried to mint some pattern coins, and before they have time to circulate, they have been changed dynasties, and the number of such ancient coins is correspondingly small. As the saying goes, "rare things are expensive", at this time, it can vividly reflect the value of ancient coins.
However, because of this, the higher the value of ancient coins, the more unpopular they are, just what Jia Yidao knows, the high value of ancient coins, it is impossible to be all. So much so that when Jia Rudao was looking at the countless copper coins in front of him. In my heart, it's a little hard to start.
On the one hand, Jia Nidao naturally hopes to pick up the leak, for example, if he encounters a coin like "Qixiang Heavy Treasure", Jia Nidao can still recognize it, on the other hand, because of his own lack of ability, Jia Nidao is very worried. There are good things, but they are missed by themselves in vain.
This hesitant scene lasted for a long time, and when Jia Yidao's gaze gradually left the piles of ancient coins in front of him, the feeling that was suppressed in his heart gradually loosened with the departure of his sight!
glanced at the stall owner and hawker, at this time, Xu is stall was relatively deserted, and his gaze just happened to be at Jia Yidao. Obviously, while Jia Yidao was slightly disappointed, the stall owner and vendor were also relatively disappointed.
Jia Rudao couldn't help but show a hint of surprise. Immediately, Jia Rudao, who came back to his senses, turned the corners of his mouth slightly up, pulled them apart, and almost laughed out loud. Dare to love, I didn't choose to start, so that these stall owners and hawkers in front of me thought that they had missed a business.
"Hey, boss, how do you sell these ancient coins?" Jia Rudao casually stretched out his finger and asked, "Do you need to select them one by one, or do you want to calculate the price according to the weight of piles and piles?"
Jia Yidao knew that piles of ancient coins like those in front of him would sometimes be counted in terms of catties when the hawkers bought them. Only when you come across a small number of coins will you buy them according to the quantity. Of course, if there are some special copper coins in the pile, and the value of the individual coins is relatively high, whether it is a hawker or a coin seller, they will be selected in advance and sold separately. Others, which are not of high value, will be sold in the form of weight.
In addition, that is, people who don't know how to do it at all, when they encounter some buying hawkers, they will sell them according to the catty.
It's just that no matter what, Jia Rudao is buying copper coins from the stalls on the antique street, so that the antique vendors can be placed in piles and stacks on the stalls to sell, and the value of these ancient coins in front of him will not be too high.
However, it is precisely this idea. Knowing that the price of these ancient coins would not be too much, Jia Rudao saw the slightly disappointed expression of the antique vendor after a long period of depression just now, and suddenly his heart moved, anyway, it can't cost a few dollars, and he can collect some bronze coins to play, and it is not impossible to learn more! After all, Jia Rudao is still slightly involved in ancient coins.
However, after Jia Rudao asked such a "layman" question, the stall owner in front of him showed some crying and laughing expressions on his face, hesitated slightly, and then said: "According to the rules, these coins were originally sold one by one. However, it is also a coincidence that I have ancient coins here, and I am not very good at reading them. If you buy enough, you can sell it to you by the catty. ”
"Well, since it's a matter of catties, so be it. You say a price, how much is a pound. Jia Rudao said a little indifferently, and in his heart, he also said to the stall owner that he didn't know much about ancient coins, and he didn't think so. Now Jia seems to say, but for what the hawkers say, whether it is good news or bad news, in general, he will not think about it with a believing attitude, and basically can do it, and he will not be moved by the words of outsiders. However, I looked at the many ancient coins on the stall again. Jia Rudao added a sentence and said, "By the way, boss, if I pack all the coins here, can it be cheaper?"
Anyway, I'm ready to study, so I'll buy more and go back. It's okay to study it carefully.
"Pack them all up?" The stall owner's face finally showed a smile and said, "That's it, if you really take it all at once, let me take a look, there are about six hundred copper coins here, according to the price of one dollar, six hundred yuan, how about it?"
Seeing Jia Rudao frowning, the other party immediately said, "I said, the price of six hundred yuan is not too expensive." You know, no one has picked these copper coins on my side so far. No, there are a lot of valuable coins in there. ”
"Really?" said Jia Rudao, "Even if no one has chosen it, how can you be sure that it is not because these copper coins are too ordinary?"
"This ......," said the other party's face with a somewhat wry smile, "Actually, I don't know much about copper coins." You see, I usually sell coins, and if someone picks a few pieces at random, it will cost at least a few dozen yuan, right? Because you take them all at once, I gave you such a cheap price......"
"Well, you don't need to say anything, you don't understand ancient coins, and I don't know either. I'm going to pay for it, and if the tuition is too expensive, I might as well go to another booth. There are a lot of ancient coins over there. Jia Rudao pointed to the main road of the antique street, and then, very fiercely, cut the price, and said, "Just a hundred yuan." If you want to, I'll pay, take something, and leave. ”
Suddenly, Jia Rudao saw the bitterness on the other party's face. Whether it's pretended to be or not, that look, in Jia Yidao's eyes, is very calm in his heart!
"A hundred dollars is too little. The stall owner obviously hesitated a little, and said, "How about three hundred yuan? It's only an average price of five cents a piece......
"What is the difference between you saying this and selling it one by one?" Jia Rudao said with some amusement, "The price of five cents a piece, I can buy a bunch of them at other stalls, and I want as many ...... as I want."
As he was talking, Jia Yidao's mobile phone rang very inappropriately.
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