Chapter 5 Coin Collection
At current prices, a penny really doesn't do anything, a dime is at the bottom, and even a dollar can't buy good things. In the market, not a penny has long been out of circulation.
Yang Fan's eyes lit up slightly, and he said to the little guy: "Xiaohao, show me the coin." ”
Seeing that Yang Fan was interested, the old dean was not too surprised, and laughed it off.
I took the coin and found that it read 1981 on one side of the coin. Yang Fan looked at the little guy in amazement, his luck was really good! This is the most precious penny coin.
2 points can buy a candy, 5 points can buy a popsicle, this is a lot of good memories of the 70s and 80s who will never return. However, with the improvement of the economic level and price level, these coins are really useless nowadays and have gradually faded out of people's sight.
As everyone knows, coins that have gradually faded out of the circulation market as a member of the RMB collection, after turning around and entering the collection market, they have become the "fragrant bait" sought-after by collectors, and there is a sound of "rising", among which the fastest increase in 1981 1 cent coin, the current market price has been as high as 1,500 yuan, 150,000 times higher than the face value.
Relevant people speculate that the future of the coin's collection will not be inferior to that of the third edition of the renminbi, and it is very likely to become a "dark horse" in the future numismatic market.
Due to the large number of coins in the first set and the small number of coins minted in some varieties that year, it is not easy for collectors to collect all the first sets of coins, among which the most popular coins are the "Five Heavenly Kings".
The so-called "Five Heavenly Kings" refer to the One Cent and Wu Cent coins issued in 1981, the Two Cents and Wu Cents issued in 1980, and the Wu Cent coins issued in 1979.
"Little guy, how did this coin come from?" Yang Fan couldn't help but ask.
Xiao Hao was very happy to get this big brother's question, and explained the ins and outs of the matter like a bean.
The day before yesterday, he helped his grandmother go to the store to buy two packets of salt. Found on the way back. Of course, when I came back and was laughed at by everyone, I felt too faceless, and children also love face.
"This coin is a treasure, how about giving it to grandma?" Yang Fan smiled.
As soon as these words came out, everyone was stunned, including the old dean and Aunt Lan. Aunt Lan suddenly remembered the high-priced purchase of the old renminbi outside, is it the same for coins?
"This penny is worth a lot?" Aunt Lan asked curiously.
Yang Fan nodded: "This is the 1981 version of the penny coin, which is the most valuable one in the cents collection, and it is purchased for 1,500 yuan a piece." ”
In fact, there are more precious coins, but the denominations are one dime, two jiao, Wu jiao, and one yuan Great Wall coin.
The so-called "Great Wall coin" refers to the second set of coins issued by China since the founding of the People's Republic of China, named after the design of the Great Wall on the back.
According to Yang Fan, because China's copper and nickel resources were quite small at that time, they could not meet the needs of a large number of issuances, and only a small amount of casting was carried out between 1980 and 1986, which was a symbolic issuance and did not really play a role in circulation. In addition, the production cost of this series of coins is high, and it is not a necessary currency variety in circulation, so the issuance is relatively small, and many people have never even seen it.
It is precisely because of this that since the day of its issuance, the "Great Wall Coin" has been regarded as a rare collector's item by collectors, and its price has appreciated rapidly under the pursuit of everyone.
This kind of coin is sold for up to 180,000 yuan in the market, which is many times more expensive than gold.
When the old dean heard this, his face was happy, and he said softly to the little guy: "Xiaohao is good! Is it okay to keep the coins for grandma?"
At the same time, she was shocked in her heart, she didn't expect these outdated things to be so valuable. She remembered that in the past, the orphanage also had some old renminbi, which were all some change. Later, no one wanted it, so she discarded it. If she had known, she should have stayed.
Naturally, the old man couldn't pull his face to snatch the child's baby, and communicated in a consultative tone. Seeing the little guy nodding, she took out ten yuan and used it as the little guy's pocket money, which made the other little guys envious.
"Xiao Fan knows a lot. Aunt Lan sighed.
Yang Fan smiled: "In the past three years, I have learned this little thing. ”
"Oh, this is the appraisal work?" are all elderly people, and they don't know a lot.
"Yes! Everything that has to do with antiques will come into contact with you. ”
When it comes to antiques, the old dean and Aunt Lan both understand. Of course they know the value of antiques, no wonder this guy can make so much money. Knowing Yang Fan's specific work, the two were even more relieved.
"If someone lowers the price of this coin, don't be fooled, and let me know when the time comes. Yang Fan was afraid that someone and an old woman would not understand the market and lower prices, and even lied to them that this was a fake.
In fact, coin counterfeiting is easy and difficult to judge. A common practice of counterfeiting is to re-engrave the date of genuine coins for profit, so be careful when purchasing.
For example, in 1980, the 1980 Cents and Cents coins were usually re-engraved with the 1989 Cents and Cents coins, and the "9" was re-engraved with "0", while the 1981 Cents and Cents coins were re-engraved in 1987 and the "7" was re-engraved with "1".
Since coins do not have many anti-counterfeiting methods, if you do not use a high-magnification magnifying glass to carefully observe when buying, I am afraid that it is easy for senior collectors to "lose their eyes".
He has seen a lot of this situation of bullying and suppressing prices, and Wang Jian often uses such tricks. Tang Dachuan is very admired and appreciated, and he got an object of more than 10,000, or even hundreds of thousands, or millions at a low price, which is a windfall!
At that time, although Yang Fan was very disdainful of this move, after all, he was helping people to work, and he couldn't dismantle Tang Dachuan's platform, unless he didn't want to get involved.
After the explanation, Yang Fan stopped teasing for a long time, said goodbye to the old dean and left the orphanage.
He returned to the antique street again, and no stall owner was interested in the arrival of such a "regular customer", and some people didn't even glance at it.
"Xiao Fan, the puppet that was taken from me yesterday is a treasure? How did I see an old guy holding that puppet?"
When he saw the puppet yesterday, he was very surprised, and wanted to lean over and ask about the puppet's origin and how much it was worth, but the two were not familiar with each other, and this behavior was a bit abrupt, so he was embarrassed to ask.
Yang Fan hesitated a little, and only spoke after a while: "I don't know, the old man said he was interested, so he sold it to him." ”
Of course, he won't tell the truth, and making a fortune in silence is what he wants.
"How much?" the stall owner didn't suspect anything.
The surrounding stall owners pricked up their ears, and everyone was enthusiastic about the fun of picking up leaks. It's just that they don't have the ability, and they haven't noticed that treasure has been in front of them for so long.
Yang Fan didn't speak, and made a gesture of twenty-five.
"Two thousand five?" everyone shouted in surprise.
You know, this guy took fifty yuan, and he made fifty times more in the blink of an eye, which made them quite jealous.
was misunderstood, and Yang Fan didn't bother to explain.