Chapter 462: A Box of Silver Coins?

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It turns out that there are such good things, Jin Muchen also felt that it was an eye-opener when he heard it, and his feelings were quite authentic to the Australian government.

Of course, although the Australian government gave these aborigines a little benefit, it was obviously not as generous as the Americans.

"By the way, this Mr. Kim is an antique dealer from the United States, uncle, don't you have a box of treasures? Interested in making a move, this Mr. Kim is a good person, if he approves of your things, it will definitely not lose you. ”

This Morin seemed to suddenly remember something, and said to his uncle Maurice, who was sitting next to him.

When Morris heard this, he also slapped his thigh, as if he remembered something, and then said to Jin Muchen.

"Mr. Jin, I have a box of silver coins, which should be considered antiques, are you interested?"

These two men are also direct enough, if it weren't for the fact that he had been in contact with them for so long, he could feel that these two men were kind-hearted people, Jin Muchen would definitely think that these two were playing double reeds in front of him.

"Okay, what do you have, take it and see, if it's appropriate, I'll definitely give you a fair price."

Jin Muchen said to this Morris with a smile, Morris didn't talk nonsense at all, he stood up directly, and said to Morin and them: "Morin gave you your car keys, you and Mr. Jin are here to wait for me for a while, and I'll go home." ”

Maureen casually threw away his car keys, and then Morris turned and left, ignoring his own food cart. This guy is really hot.

"You've never said that. Does your uncle still have so many antique silver coins in his house? Tell me about it. What the hell is going on? ”

Jin Muchen asked Mo Lin with a smile, and Mo Lin shook his head.

"Hehe, I also chatted with him before I suddenly remembered, and you can see that he has been short of money recently, so I remembered that thing. I saw it once when I was a kid, and I haven't seen it since, but Uncle Morris was when I was a kid. When I was telling a story, I would often take out those coins and play with them. But I can't tell how much those silver coins are worth. After all, we are not in this business, and it will depend on your own eyesight and judgment when the time comes. ”

This Mo Lin is a sincere person, he doesn't fake or exaggerate when he speaks, Jin Muchen is more and more satisfied with this kid.

"Well, while Maurice hasn't returned, tell me where those coins came from?"

Earlier, Morin spoke of the silver coins in a tone. Jin Muchen felt that there must be a story in it, and he was particularly curious about the story behind this antique.

"Hmm. Well, how to say it? The last time I saw those silver coins was when I was ten years old, and I remember it as a silver box, beautifully decorated, filled with shiny silver coins. I was curious about the coins, and Uncle Morris told me stories about them. In fact, if you look at my uncle's age, you should know that he himself belongs to the generation that was stolen, and he was only a few months old when the police forcibly took him away from his grandfather and grandmother. Then he was given to a wealthy white family for adoption, but don't look at the gang who adopted him, but it wasn't out of good intentions, they just cared about their reputation, and the government sent them a check, I can't figure it out, they were already so rich, but they still ......"

Merlin smiled wryly and shook his head, as if glad that he hadn't caught up with that era.

Jin Muchen also nodded in understanding, there will never be a shortage of those who love money as much as their lives in this world, and even some rich people are the richer they are, the more they love money, and the more stingy they are......

"Although the family adopted Uncle Maurice, it was not good for him, and his position in that family was actually similar to that of a slave in the past, sleeping in the worst rooms, eating the worst food, and working as cattle and horses for others every day. When I was in school, I also worked as a horse boy for several children of that family. When he was young, he didn't understand much, but when he was older and sensible, he understood what was going on. So he was tempted to leave that house, and when he was sixteen years old, he smuggled out of it, but as he did so, he took with him some things, including the box of silver coins, which, according to Uncle Maurice, should have been regarded as 'compensation' from the family. ”

When Mo Lin said this, Jin Muchen also understood, and the silver coins they said should also belong to the category of thieves.

"Then Uncle Morris found my grandfather, and then together with my grandfather and grandmother, they set out to find my father, and during that time, they traveled all over Australia, and it took eight years to find my father. But my father was luckier than Uncle Morris, he went to a good family and married a white girl......"

Mo Lin said lightly about the past, but Jin Muchen was no longer interested in the back, what he was interested in now was the box of silver coins in Mo Lin's mouth.

I haven't found anything too good on this trip to Australia, and I hope that the box of silver coins that Maureen mentioned can bring some surprises to me.

About half an hour later, Morris came back at a gallop, and when he came back, he had an extra backpack on his body, and when he came to Jin Muchen and them, he took out a box from it and pushed it in front of Jin Muchen.

"That's it, take a good look."

Jin Muchen took the box to his side, and was not in a hurry to open it, this box is very exquisite, the outside is made of sterling silver, with a lot of complicated filigree, carving technology, look at these techniques used in the box, this should be a typical British style jewelry box.

There are many roses carved on the four sides of the box, eighteen centimeters high and thirty centimeters long, and there is a typical dome-type design on it, the only pity is that the box is not inlaid with red and green gemstones, only those pure silver carved ornaments and patterns.

However, on the body of the box, there are more than a dozen coins inlaid on it, these coins look very peculiar, round but there is a circular hollow hole in the middle, if you talk about the shape, and the copper coins issued by various dynasties and dynasties in ancient China are more similar.

However, Chinese copper coins are all round square holes, and this one is a round round hole.

On the bodies of these silver coins, there were also some small words engraved, and Jin Muchen did not look closely.

Because the box itself was already flashing with jewels, it meant that the box must have come from a lot of sources, and as for the silver coins, he was not sure whether they were specially carved decorations when the box was designed, or if they were originally issued silver coins.

He also has some research on the history of currency development in Europe and the United States, and he has never heard of such perforated silver coins issued in the United Kingdom.

After all, Australia was still their colony and used the same monetary system as the British when they issued silver coins, so he wasn't sure that the silver coins really existed in history.

But now is not the time to care about these things, after all, the silver coins in the box are the key.

He opened the box, and there were various white colors flashing inside, but in terms of brightness, it was much worse than the box containing the silver coins.

Jin Muchen probably already has a score in his heart, compared with the silver coins in this box, in fact, this box should only be the main thing, but it's a pity that this Morris and Mo Lin's uncle and nephew don't know Taishan, and they still treat the silver coins in this box as treasures.

It seems that this time they are going to do the business of buying and returning pearls, but Jin Muchen will not break it, he is an antique dealer, not a saint, business is like this, you don't know the goods yourself, then don't blame others for their eyesight.

However, although the jewels emitted by these silver coins in this box were much weaker than those in the box outside, when Jin Muchen reached in, carefully pulled open those silver coins, and saw those coins clearly, he couldn't help but gasp.

It seems that the original owner of this box was either a Grande or a guy who liked to collect these coins very much, because his box full of coins was really comprehensive, and even many of the coins were very precious.

For example, the gold pounds with a denomination of one pound issued by the United Kingdom in 1900 were the strongest hard currencies of that year, and their status was equivalent to the current dollar.

Of course, this is not to say that it is particularly precious, but only that it has a particularly high status in the history of gold coins and is particularly widely circulated.

This kind of gold pound was not small in circulation at the beginning, of course, only the rich and noble could afford it, and because of the international trade at that time, this kind of gold pound was also very widely circulated, and a total of millions of pieces were made.

On the front is the head of Queen Victoria, on the back is an ancient Roman knight with a short sword, a prancing horse charged, and under the horse's hooves, a dying dragon.

The gold coins are beautifully made and well maintained, with a history of more than 100 years, but these coins still look golden.

Now this kind of gold pound is a very popular variety in the collecting world, not to mention the large number of surviving in the world, but it is still popular with collectors, after all, this thing has a very special historical significance.

The value of each such coin on the market today is probably between $500 and $800, depending on the condition of the coin and the age of manufacture.

But these gold pounds are not the most precious in this box of gold and silver coins, and the next few German gold marks made Jin Muchen even more dumbfounded.

This was one of the few currencies in circulation that claimed to be comparable to the gold pound! This time, it looks like I've found a treasure! (To be continued......)