Chapter 107: The Golden Wrong Knife

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With very high expectations, but unfortunately, they couldn't find anything valuable, and Hu Wei and Yang Fan were slightly disappointed.

At this time, Hu Wei could only make up his mind to that temple. Didn't you say before, how many more are over there? Let's go and see if he can get his hands on it.

Passing by other people's homes, I saw that the villagers had moved their things to the door, and I couldn't say it without a glance.

However, this time the two separated and did not get together. As long as Yang Fan stops at this house, Hu Wei will go to other houses to see, which can also speed up.

There are several pieces of treasure that are barely stained, but none of them are particularly precious. Due to the enthusiastic attitude of the villagers, Hu Wei became a good person and took those things down easily.

"These copper coins are too poorly preserved, I'll give you a thousand yuan each. Otherwise, if you go out of the city, there should be someone who wants it. Hu Wei shook his head and said.

Although I saw some antiques, the things in the countryside were really lacking in maintenance. He found that they were all precious copper coins, but unfortunately the rust had made them a little unrecognizable.

Those copper coins were not square, but very old knife coins.

The knife coin is the name of an ancient Chinese copper coin. Evolved from knives for the production of tools. It circulated in Qi, Yan, Zhao and other countries during the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period. There are many types, such as Qi knife, Anyang knife, round head knife and Ming knife. There are words cast on it, after Qin Shi Huang unified China, he unified the currency system, and scrapped shellfish, knives, cloth and other coins. Subsequently, Wang Mang's coins included gold knives.

And Hu Wei is now holding the one in his hand, which is the golden wrong knife, which is divided into two parts: the ring handle and the knife body, the ring handle is a hole round coin, the ring text is said to be "one", and the word is "knife", the word is engraved in the shade, and the word trap is filled with gold, and it is polished to make the word and the money face level. The knife body is cast with the three characters of "Ping 5,000".

Hu Wei remembered that the word "ping" on this was the meaning of "value", which meant that the value of a knife coin was equal to 5,000.

It is worth noting that the shape of this knife coin has a unique charm, and it is not confined to the shape of the knife coin of the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, when the pointed knife shape was made. Ancient and steady, and revealing a beautiful atmosphere.

Wang Mang is a native of the Later Han Dynasty, and it stands to reason that this ancient knife coin has no meaning in making it. As early as the Qin Dynasty, Qin Shi Huang unified the world's coins, and his prestige could surpass that of Qin Shi Huang?

Don't look at the word "one knife" is made of gold, but the amount is very small. In fact, the gold contained in this coin weighs far less than the value of 5,000 copper coins. The issuance of this "undervalued" currency was actually a way for Wang Mang to plunder the wealth of the people. As a result, this kind of coin, which relied on violence to ensure circulation, met with fierce resistance among the people.

The family nodded dryly, indicating that it would be sold to Hu Wei. It's too troublesome to run to the city, and there is no way, so I can't be cheated, and I have discounted the fare.

A few pieces of copper, sold for thousands, and they are not satisfied? Anyway, they are satisfied. The only pity is that the boss can't look down on other things.

"This is also a copper coin?" The man was very curious, and never knew that this thing in his house was also a copper coin. Aren't copper coins all round with square holes?

"This is a copper coin from a long time ago, called the Golden Wrong Knife. It's a pity that you haven't kept any of these pieces. Otherwise, one piece is worth tens of thousands of dollars. ”

One knife flat 5,000 is the earliest and only coin made of wrong gold in China. Because of its beauty, peculiar shape, and scarcity of existence, it is prized by coin collectors.

Zhang Heng of the Han Dynasty, Mei Yaochen of the Song Dynasty, and Qian Zhaodu of the Song Dynasty left poems such as "The beauty gave me a golden wrong knife, how can I repay Ying Qiongyao", "You hold the golden wrong knife, and it does not enter the goose's eyes", "Lotus waves ten thousand jade Ruyi, and the cicada makes a golden wrong knife" and other poems. As a result, Wang Mang has been praised by collectors as "the first master of coinage".

In the past two years, this kind of coin can also be seen at auction, and it can be sold for more than 30,000 yuan.

It's okay that Hu Wei didn't say anything, but when the family heard this, their faces cramped with pain.

They really want to slap themselves, each one is worth tens of thousands of yuan, so aren't these few tens of thousands. The value shrank tenfold in an instant. If it is preserved, it will almost be a wealth falling from the sky!

"So valuable?" the man spoke, full of remorse.

This thing used to be in a box, but that box was used by him to hold other things. A few years ago, these pieces of copper were not rusty.

"You loser!" the old man of the house almost whipped the boy.

"Dad, how did I know this thing was so valuable?" the man was innocent.

The ancestors also did not make it clear that these things were treasures. Otherwise, their descendants will keep it well! You put it in a box and burp without squeaking, who knows what it is!

If it weren't for this boss, who in the village would have known that this thing was actually a copper coin.

"Therefore, some things handed down from our ancestors are better preserved, even if they are not valuable, they have the value of souvenirs. "Hu Wei rarely educates people seriously.

In fact, he just has a pain in the egg, and it is not once or twice that he goes to the countryside, and it is not the first time that such a thing has happened. Seeing that the treasure was damaged because of poor preservation, I felt a little uncomfortable.

"Alas!" the old man sighed deeply.

It is indeed regret that the good things left by the ancestors have been ruined by the descendants. It's just that he still looks at the ruined, and he also has no vision, otherwise such a thing would not have happened.

"By the way, I don't know if the box is worth it. Boss, you wait, I'll go and show you. The man suddenly remembered the box, and it looked pretty good. Otherwise, he wouldn't have loaded things for his daughter-in-law.

The old man's eyes also flashed, maybe it was really something valuable, after all, it was also left by the ancestors.

Hu Wei nodded, looking forward to this. But the reality disappointed him again, it was just a bone tool, a box made of cow bones, and there was no craftsmanship.

Bone carving is not without cow bones as materials, if the carving skills are superb, it is also a treasure.

Bone carving has a long history, using animal bones such as cow bones, camel bones, and squid fish bones as raw materials for carving and grinding. In some parts of China, bone handicrafts are often quite popular, which has a certain relationship with beliefs, believing that bone jewelry can ward off evil spirits and bring good luck.

And this kind of handicrafts is often easily confused with ivory carving, both are works of art, but because the materials are different, the collection value is often very different.

Ivory carvings are usually more valuable, the valuable bones are actually very few, leopard bones because of medicinal reasons, a pound of 10,000 yuan or 20,000 yuan, tiger bones are only a few thousand yuan, far less than a section of ivory is worth much.

"Isn't it worthless?" the man asked.

"It's made of cow bones, what do you say?" Hu Wei said depressedly.