Yang Xin didn't quite believe Kong Botian's words, how could a veteran like him not be able to make up his mind about an antique? Not to mention that things have been playing with his hands for a while. The other party said this just to hear his own opinion.

However, she didn't care, the things Kong Botian took out must be a little interesting, so she might as well take a look.

After taking the box and opening it, Yang Xin found that there was a yellow brocade forging inside, and a copper coin was placed in the most central place.

The copper coin is smooth and shiny, as if it were new.

When he picked it up, Yang Xin found that it was a copper coin with a round square hole, and one side of it was written with four Chinese characters: "Kang ~ Xi Tongbao".

"Yang Xin, I'll see if it's okay."

Since he met Zheng Tianlong, Sun Zheng was left to the side, which made him quite depressed, and at this time, he was overjoyed when he saw that the copper coins in the box were there, and he thought that his opportunity to perform had finally arrived.

Nodding slightly, Yang Xin handed the box in his hand to Sun Zheng.

While borrowing the box, Sun Zheng glanced at Zheng Tianlong proudly.

"Hmph~ How can you, a guy who doesn't learn and has no skills, get Yang Xin's appreciation, see how I perform well and win the hearts of beauties."

There is also a reason why Sun Zheng dares to do this. His grandfather Sun Wannian is also a well-known collector - or he would not have become acquainted with Yang Xin's grandfather - and he grew up in antiques, so he is confident that he knows more about antiques than Zheng Tianlong, so he naturally wants to show it in front of Yang Xin.

Zheng Tianlong was stunned for a moment, and then smiled, Sun Zheng's mentality he could probably guess, the other party was simply thinking too much.

How could someone like Yang Xin fall in love with someone just because he could identify antiques?

However, he was very interested in the copper coin in the box, and he was very, very interested, because the qi emitted was too powerful!

Sun Zheng picked up the copper coin and looked at it for a while, then shook his head, and said with a smug face:

"This copper coin is fake!"

"Heh, Mr. Sun, why do you say that?"

Kong Botian looked at Sun Zheng with great interest, antiques are nothing more than true and fake, but the identification is not just about saying true and fake, but also about telling a reason.

"You see, one side of this copper coin is written with the four big characters of 'Kang ~ Xi Tongbao', but the vertical on the left side of the word 'Xi' is missing, and at the same time, the word 'Tong' has also been removed a little and become a single point 'Tong', such a copper coin is not fake?"

After Sun Zheng finished speaking, he looked at Yang Xin triumphantly, obviously wanting her approval.

"Heh, Miss Yang, what do you think?"

Kong Botian was noncommittal and looked at Yang Xin.

Shaking his head, Yang Xin said, "It's not fake. ”

"Huh?! How is this possible? How can it be true that this copper coin lacks a pen and is less drawn? ”

When Sun Zheng heard this, he immediately shouted.

"This kind of copper coin is called Kang ~ Xi Luohan money, this kind of copper coin has basically no recorded information in history, but there are two legends."

"First, during the Kang ~ Xi period, the Junggar tribe in the Ili River valley rebelled, and the year of the Qianyao expedition to the west, but on the way there was a shortage of military salaries, in order to stabilize the morale of the army and motivate the soldiers, he borrowed the bronze Buddha and 18 golden Arhats from the temple nearby, and cast them into Kang ~ Xitongbao after melting them as military salaries. In order to distinguish the real Kang ~ Xi Tongbao, there is a vertical removal of the left side of the word "Xi", and a little bit of the side of the word "Tong" is also removed. This was to say that after the class master returned to the court, he would take back these copper coins and recast the Buddha statue and return it to the temple, but he did not expect that he would be dismissed and imprisoned soon after returning to Beijing, and this batch of copper coins would also be lost to the people. ”

"Another saying is that when the Jingci Temple in the West Lake of Hangzhou was renovated, the monks in the temple inadvertently found this unique Kang ~ Xi Tongbao in the 'belly' of an Arhat Buddha, and then distributed it to good men and women, saying that this kind of copper money can make people turn evil into good fortune and avoid evil and bring blessings, because it comes from the belly of the Arhat, so it is also called Arhat money."

Which one of the antiques is not well-informed? Kong Botian and the others have been stuck in the antique pile all their lives, and Zheng Shiye has seen and heard a lot, but when Yang Xin talked about this, they all listened attentively.

After Kong Botian found this copper coin, he also found the problem that Sun Zheng said, but he did not conclude that it was fake because of this - it is not uncommon to lack a brush and a lack of painting among antiques, of course, if the lack of a brush and a lack of painting can not find the reason and basis in the end, then this antique will naturally not be able to determine the age and value.

"I've also heard the legend of Qianyao this year, but it's not as detailed as what you said, Miss Yang."

Fang Zhou also nodded, the first legend Yang Xin said he had heard from the older generation, but he had never heard of the latter one.

"However, even if this is the case, there is no way to conclude that this copper coin is real, right? How much is this coin worth? ”

Yu Zhong shook his head, this is actually the most headache for the three of them in recent times, legends are legends after all, this is not helpful for antique appraisal, it can only be listened to as a story.

"Hah! Yes, since this is a legend and there is no way to determine the date, then even if the reason I said is not valid, the result will not change, that is, this copper coin is fake! ”

After hearing Yang Xin's opposition to his point of view, Sun Zheng, who was like a wilted cucumber flower, became proud again at this time, although his reasons were wrong, but the result of his judgment was right, the process was not important, the important thing was the result!

Glancing at Sun Zheng, Zheng Tianlong was really quite speechless, such people are really rare now.

Yang Xin obviously didn't want to save any face for Sun Zheng, and said: "The real origin of this copper coin is the 'longevity money' minted for Kang~xi's 60th birthday." In the spring and March of the fifty-first year of Kang~Xi (1712), in addition to holding a grand celebration, the imperial court also ordered the Baoquan Bureau to cast a batch of copper coins to commemorate it. As for the lack of brushwork and drawing of the word 'Xi' and 'Tong', it is deliberate, which is different from other copper coins. Because it was used to celebrate birthdays, it was called 'longevity money' at the time. ”

"Of course, these copper coins were later placed in the belly of the Buddha statue and enshrined, which is why it is called 'Arhat money'."

"I see."

Kong Botian and the others nodded slightly, and then they realized that the true origin of these copper coins turned out to be like this.

"That'...... How much do you think such a copper coin is worth? ”

"It's not easy to find such copper coins on the market now, but it's not that there aren't any, you can always find them with a little thought, after all, in a sense, this kind of copper coin is equivalent to today's commemorative coins."

Kong Botian was a little disappointed, he originally thought that this copper coin could be worth some money, but he didn't expect that its price was so low that even Yang Xin was reluctant to say it.

However, he is also a person who is used to seeing strong winds and waves, so he laughed self-deprecatingly and said: "Yes, I still hold it like a baby, but I didn't expect it to be such a result." ”

"Old Sun, how about selling me this copper coin?"

"Oh?!"

Kong Botian looked at Zheng Tianlong and was stunned for a moment, Zheng Tianlong didn't speak just now, and he wanted to buy his own copper coin?

(To be continued)