Chapter 159 Ancient Coin Identification

Although he didn't pick up the leak himself, Fang Ming was also very excited when he talked about it, Jiang Wen brought it into the industry by himself. took out the copper coin from his pocket and gently put it on the table, saying, "Zheng Lao, Qian Lao, you see, these are the three bronze coins that Jiang Wen picked up. ”

"Xu Tianqi?! That's good stuff! ”

This time, it was still Zheng Bai who got the copper coin first, and he was worthy of being a master, but he was identified after just a few glances.

"Hah! Jiang Wen also missed it, and it was such a good thing to pick it up! It's off to a good start. ”

Qian Fang took the copper coin from Zheng Bai's hand and found that the condition was excellent, which is not an easy thing among copper coins.

Copper coins are used for circulation, and "Xu Tianqi" has been more than 700 years ago, if you want to maintain a good condition, it is definitely a thing that can be encountered but not sought.

Of course, there are no exceptions in the antique world, for example, some porcelain has not been used or unopened at all: in the Qing Dynasty, there were some official kilns that directly refined porcelain for the emperor, because too much was put directly into the warehouse and "forgotten", so it was not used, such things are called "warehouse goods", which are brand new. The same is true for copper coins, although some copper coins are relatively long, but due to the existence of some special conditions, they can also be well preserved.

"It's really not easy, copper coins are a collection of = one = one ~ read = novel = ybdu in the bulk of the object, as many as a cow's hair, and there are more fakes, it's really a headache, so Jiang Wen can pick up such a set of quite remarkable."

Wu Ze also secretly envied Jiang Wen's good luck.

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After everyone sat for a while, they left, Sikong Zhe was because he wanted to attend the press conference, and Wu Ze and the others went shopping - of course, they went shopping in the small antique street, they missed the ghost market in the morning, and now they want to see what changes have happened in the small antique street during the day, in order to make the small antique street a treasure street for the treasure appreciation conference, Sikong Zhe has made great efforts, in addition to the original shop, there are also tents and some sheds for enthusiasts from other places to set up stalls on the side of the street and the open space next to it. One of them wanted to see what was special, and of course, more importantly, they also wanted to try their luck and see if they could pick up the leaks. After all, no matter what you say, picking up leaks has an irresistible magic for people who play with antiques.

After the person left, the store was quiet for a while, Fang Ming and Zhou Yafang walked out of the reception room, and immediately saw Jiang Wen seriously introducing the antiques in the store to a customer, and the person bought the antiques after ten minutes.

"Brother Fang Ming, Sister Avon, business is good, we have sold three antiques so far, if it weren't for some of the antiques in the store that were borrowed from Qian Lao and couldn't be sold, five of them have already been sold!"

Jiang's little face was flushed like an apple, and she was excited. At the beginning, when Fang Ming asked her to work in the store, because she had never worked in an antique store and had come into contact with any antiques, it was impossible to say that she was not worried - she was not worried that she would lose face, but that she was worried that she would ruin Fang Ming and Zhou Yafang's affairs and affect the business of the store.

This kind of worry was still very worried after Fang Ming and Zhou Yafang told her that she didn't have to worry at all, but now she found that Fang Ming and Zhou Yafang were not wrong at all: "Selling antiques doesn't have to be an antique treasure connoisseur, as long as you know the basic information of the antiques to be sold and introduce them to the guests, that's fine."

After successfully selling the three antiques, Jiang Wen's confidence suddenly became sufficient.

"I'm not wrong at all, selling antiques is no different from selling Coke in a commissary."

Zhou Yafang glared at Fang Ming, but immediately smiled again and said, "This analogy is rather vulgar, but it is undeniably very reasonable. ”

"Hmmm! I understand! ”

Jiang Wen nodded heavily, and waved her right hand, cheering for herself.

Spreading out his right hand, Fang Ming said, "Jiang Wen, this is the copper coin you picked up, good!" It's off to a good start, and I think you'll be able to catch up with me soon. ”

Jiang Wen's face turned red again, and she said shyly: "How is it possible? I don't have the skills to do that. ”

"By the way, Brother Fang Ming, Sister Yafang, I want to ask a question."

Jiang Wen remembered the question in her heart when she picked up the missing copper coins before, and it was a good opportunity to ask for advice when she saw that there was no one in the store for the time being.

"Oh? If there is any problem, you can say it, even if I don't understand, Sister Avon is an expert, and I can learn it too. ”

Fang Ming is still modest, although he has special abilities, but this is mainly used to pick up leaks, as for the knowledge of antique treasure appreciation, although it is now improving rapidly because of the great increase in memory, but after all, the time is too short, so there is still no way to compare with Zhou Yafang for a while, not to mention things like experience that can only be accumulated by practice again and again.

"Well, okay!"

Jiang Wen thought for a while, and then said slowly: "Brother Fang Ming, Sister Yafang, some of the books I read say that there are a lot of imitations and fakes in the copper coins, why is this happening?" So how do we go about appreciating treasures or paying attention to what aspects? ”

When Fang Ming heard this question, he immediately became interested, because bronze coins are one of the most common objects in antique collections, ranging from specialized antique shops to small stalls in the streets and alleys, as long as they are touched with antiques, if they don't put a handful of copper coins, they feel that the taste is wrong.

But because of this, there are a large number of fakes in the collection of ancient money, and even if they are real, there is a big difference in price, a few dollars, dozens of dollars, and thousands of dollars, and the difference is really too great.

"Sister Avon, tell me, I'm also very interested in this issue."

Zhou Yafang didn't answer this question right away, nodded lightly and said, "Fang Ming, you should also have read some information in this regard, why don't you talk about it first?" ”

"Okay, no problem."

Fang Ming didn't shirk it, and after sorting out some of the information in his mind, he continued: "First, it is the characteristics of the times, which must be paid attention to, and it is also the most important thing, like other antiques, ancient money is also a product of the times, and it is a product related to the country's economy, so if you want to appreciate ancient money, you must be familiar with all this, mainly including two aspects, one is money, and the other is the shape. The so-called money text refers to the font on the ancient money, for example, the four words 'Apocalypse Tongbao' on the copper coin that Jiang Wen just picked up are Qian Wen, and the money text of each copper coin is different in the style of writing or in the way of writing. The shape mainly refers to the modeling structure, technology and materials, etc., the simplest is how much copper is good or bad, the copper coins minted by powerful countries are often better copper, on the contrary, it will be doped with other materials, and even other materials are much more than copper. ”

"Second, carefully distinguish the rust color, the ancient copper coins will 'grow' out of the color over a long period of time, and the counterfeit copper coins will often be artificially 'artificially 'in various ways' because they want to pass off as real money. Therefore, it is very important to accurately distinguish the color in the ancient coins in the process of identification, because in a considerable part of the ancient coins in the identification, there is no way to identify the method mentioned before; third, to fight poison with poison, which means that it is not only necessary to be familiar with the characteristics of real money, but also to be familiar with the characteristics of fake money, for example, if it is a counterfeit coin made by means of re-engraving, the surface of the copper coin will not be very smooth, there are certain traces, if it is a combination, the color of the front and back sides may be inconsistent, and the counterfeit coins made by the sand turning method will be smaller and lighter than the real ones in size; , but also to understand other knowledge related to ancient money, such as historical knowledge, casting knowledge, etc., although this kind of knowledge on the surface seems to be not directly related to the identification of ancient money, but in fact it is not so, after carefully understanding these knowledge, it is often possible to get cracked under the condition that all the above methods are ineffective, of course, such requirements are too high for the average player, which is not a day or two can be done. Of course, for real masters, it is even necessary to understand the situation of some coins in the countries surrounding our country in ancient times, such as North Korea and other countries, because these countries used to have an inextricable relationship with our country, and the ancient coins minted in their countries are also very similar to ours, which must be carefully identified, or it is impossible that there will be jokes. ”

Speaking out in one breath the points related to the identification of ancient coins, Fang Ming looked at Zhou Yafang with a blank eye, "Sister Yafang, how about I say this?" Isn't that right? ”

Zhou Yafang nodded and said: "Yes, there is nothing wrong, in fact, countless predecessors have summed up six words, or six principles, in the identification of ancient money, which are rust color and pulp; The sound is naturally the sound of ancient money; Shen refers to the entire verve style of ancient money; Taste refers to smell. The first three Fang Ming you have just emphasized that I will not say more, among the sound and spirit, God is more abstract, and ordinary inexperienced people cannot understand and distinguish it, so I will not say it here, I will talk about the sound and taste.

"In the identification of ancient coins, the sound is a very important point, the real coins because it has been minted for a long time now, the fire has completely disappeared, so the sound is relatively heavy when striking, and the aftersound is relatively short, on the contrary, the sound of the newly minted coins is crisp and loud when striking, and the aftersound is relatively long, however, it should be noted that such a standard now has little meaning for some high-imitation ancient coins, because with the development of science and technology, Now the newly minted high antique coins have completely 'met' the sound standard, because the high imitation coins have added a special impurity, so there is no problem with the sound. ”

"Ah, doesn't that mean that the voice is ineffective in the identification of ancient coins?"

Jiang Wen, who could listen attentively, shouted out meaningfully, which is not a good thing for people who want to use this to make an identification.