"Yes, it's delineated."

Chu Chen introduced: "There are many ways to draw a slide show, I will simply say two, one is to put the real product below, the middle compartment glass, covered with rice paper, and then use the slide to irradiate from the bottom to the top, and the counterfeiter will draw the gourd according to the light and shade of the yin and yang illuminated. ”

"There is also the idea of taking a photograph or a pictorial and projecting it on rice paper with a slide show, and then the counterfeiter will draw it according to the picture, and if it is a calligraphy work, it will be sketched with a pen and then filled in with ink. With these two methods, as long as the imitation is in place, it can also make a fake effect. ”

"Of course, the fake is the fake, and the real work is somewhat different, like this calligraphy work, compared with the real work, there is less charm, if it is put together with the real work, you can compare it."

After listening to Chu Chen's explanation, Qi Baofu sighed and said: "Now that the counterfeiting methods of antiques are really endless, I think I should really charge it well in the future." ”

Chu Chen heard the words and said: "Lao Qi, your idea is very correct, although there are endless methods of counterfeiting in this collection world, many counterfeiting methods, no matter how superb they are, as long as they are carefully observed and analyzed, they can always find flaws and find problems." But this qiē is premised on your corresponding knowledge and experience. ”

If it was before, when someone else said such a thing to Qi Baofu, he would definitely go in and out of his left ear, but today he encountered two methods of forgery that he had never heard of, which made him feel a great shock in his heart, and these words came from Chu Chen's mouth, so he hurriedly said that he would keep it in his heart.

Next. Chu Chen took a look at the remaining few things and found them. Without exception, they are all fakes, and they are all made with the latest scientific methods. can be imitated with fake and real high, this kind of thing, let alone Qi Baofu, even some experienced old players may be eye-catching.

Hearing such a result, Qi Baofu didn't know what to say, how bad luck did he have to be to encounter this kind of probability? This made him extremely depressed at the same time, and finally made up his mind. Be sure to make your basic skills in antiques solid before continuing to collect.

Seeing Qi Baofu's dejected appearance, Chu Chen could only shake his head secretly, in the final analysis, this matter is still Qi Baofu's problem, if it weren't for the fact that he usually doesn't learn a lesson, he would buy this and that, and he wouldn't have spent so much unjust money, I hope he can really hear what he said just now.

Thinking of this, Chu Chen simply used his ability to check all the collections in the room. These things that are fake at a glance can also learn some experience from Fang Jinbo, which is not of much help to him.

"Huh?" Just as the inspection was at the end, Chu Chen was secretly stunned. Then he said, "Old Qi, I'll help you look at these things in the house." ”

Qi Baofu opened his mouth, and was about to say that he didn't bother Chuchen. But he was still a little unwilling in his heart, so he thanked: "Teacher Chu." Then you're in for trouble. ”

Chu Chen waved his hand, indicating that he was not polite. Then he looked at them one by one, of course, he had already checked these things with his ability beforehand, and now it was just for show, so the identification process was a little fast, but Qi Baofu now believed in Chu Chen very much, plus he knew what kind of goods he had, so he didn't feel strange.

Slowly, Chu Chen walked in front of the thing that surprised him just now, it was a pile of copper coins, and after he rummaged through a few copper coins, he sighed lightly in his mouth.

Hearing this, Qi Baofu was slightly stunned, and then trotted over quickly, followed by Fang Jinbo.

"Teacher Chu, did you find something?"

Chu Chen carefully observed the things in his hand before he smiled and said: "Old Qi, your luck is good, you actually got a 'Xianfeng Heavy Treasure' on the back of the 'Baoquan as a fifty' carving mother." ”

"Ahh Is it really a carving mother? When Qi Baofu heard this, his face was full of surprise.

"This is still fake, I don't believe you can see for yourself." Chu Chen smiled and handed the copper coin to Qi Baofu.

The carving mother, also known as the ancestral coin, does not really participate in the circulation and exchange, but is only a money-shaped mold used in the process of turning sand and minting coins.

China was the first to use the fan casting method to cast money - first directly on the masonry over the carved mold, then use copper and stone and other materials to make the mother model, and then use the mother model to cast a large number of sub-fan coinage. The Fan casting method has been used until the Song Dynasty, and the mother money sand turning method has completely replaced the Fan casting method in the Northern Song Dynasty, and this method has continued for nearly a thousand years, until the end of the Qing Dynasty, when it was replaced by the machine qì stamping method.

Every time a coin is minted, the money bureau needs to carve it into a pattern according to the style of the coin to be minted, and then it will be approved by the competent department. Skilled craftsmen in a qualified coppersmith's shop then use refined copper (not pure copper, but a well-proportioned copper alloy) to carve a money-shaped mold with small square holes or small round holes, which is called ancestral money or carving mother.

At that time, only skilled craftsmen could carve high-quality ancestral coins, and there was no sand during the impression process, resulting in a smooth money mold. The quasi-carved mother must be approved by the money bureau before it can be used, and the piercing known as the "golden mouth" must be completed by the money bureau craftsman to complete the opening and piercing process, so that it becomes a secondary mold for impression recasting, and the mother money form.

Then, through the impression of the mother coin, a large number of circulating currencies are officially minted.

Because considering that there will be several mold reductions in the production process from the carved mother, to the mother money, and then to the circulating money, and the grinding and polishing process will also lead to a reduction in size and weight after casting, the carving mother will leave a processing allowance, and its size is significantly larger than the currency in formal circulation. The whole currency minting process is a process of constant weight reduction.

Because of this, the carving mother is quite precious. Moreover, at that time, the carving mother was strictly controlled in the hands of the relevant personnel of the Money Bureau, and it rarely flowed out, coupled with the vigorous collection of collectors in the past hundred years, it is now difficult to find a new carving mother, and most of the existing carving mothers either flow overseas, or donate to major museums.

The carved mothers on the market are naturally as rare as stars and phoenixes, and have become the target of collectors and collectors.

Of course, because of the rarity of copper coins, there are also "noble and low" points, just like Qi Baofu's "Xianfeng Heavy Treasure" back "Baoquan as fifty" carving mother, because of its special historical meaning and quantity, has been sought after by Tibetan friends.

In the early days of Xianfeng, because of the chaos in the world at that time, the Qing government's finances were extremely difficult, so it decided to mint a lot of money, but the stolen swarm on the market, even if the Qing court ordered a strict investigation, it was repeatedly banned, and then when the hundred and fifty big money was reduced due to the poor passage of the people, the depreciation was strict.

Xianfeng big money layout is complicated and the amount of casting is not much, so its carving mother, mother money and sample money, are extremely rare things, many are collected by major museums, and some are circulated abroad, according to incomplete statistics, there are only three pieces of private collection in the mainland so far, which can be seen that its precious Cheng dù.

Chu Chen didn't expect that Qi Baofu still had such a good thing here, and this carving mother calligraphy is atmospheric, the pen is thorough, and the shape is more ordinary than fifty dollars, the carving is exquisite, and the preservation is quite intact, which is quite rare.

Qi Baofu couldn't put it down and played with this carving mother, his face was happy, and he didn't expect it in his mouth, and the joy in his heart didn't need to be said.

Chu Chen said with a smile: "Lao Qi, you are really Ma Daha, you even pile up such a treasure directly here, if one day you sell it with these copper coins as scrap copper and rotten iron, then you won't regret dying?" ”

Qi Baofu smiled and said a little embarrassedly: "Actually, these copper coins were transferred to me by a friend of mine who has very poor eyesight, and I have always only regarded them as ordinary copper coins, who knew that there was actually a carving mother mixed in it." ”

Yuan Ether, Qi Baofu's friend also lives in this community, he is the same as Qi Baofu, he is a person who loves antiques, but he does not have the economic ability of Qi Baofu, and the family is in charge of the economic power is still his wife, he can only secretly save a little money to buy antiques.

In fact, he doesn't have any bad habits, and his wife is not unsupportive of him buying antiques, but his eyesight is as bad as Qi Baofu's, and he buys a fake every once in a while, and like Qi Baofu, the family doesn't listen to what he says, so his wife got angry and stipulated how much money he could only buy a month, and he had to return it no matter what, and he couldn't use the next month's money to deduct it.

And this is how these copper coins came to Qi Baofu's hands.

After talking about the source of the thing, Qi Baofu scratched his head, and said with a smile: "I don't know how to say it, I finally picked up a big leak, and I actually picked it up from a friend." ”

Chu Chen smiled: "Okay, what are you going to do?" Give it back to him? ”

"Of course it's impossible!" Qi Baofu shook his head and said: "My brother is settling accounts, this carving mother was sold to me by him, and I didn't pay for it." Besides, depending on his character, if I give it back to him, he won't accept it, so he must have been choking on it, and it will definitely affect our friendship in the long run. Rather than this, it is better to compensate him in other ways. ”

Chu Chen agreed with Qi Baofu's words, it is best not to be affected by money, otherwise it will change sooner or later, so there will be brothers who will settle accounts. Specific to this, Qi Baofu will not be happy when he returns it, his friend will not accept it, and his heart will not be happy, so it is better not to say it.

Maybe some friends said that this is because Qi Baofu is not broad-minded enough, since he is a friend, what is the problem with paying it back. That's right, but Qi Baofu is an ordinary person after all, and how many ordinary people don't care about things worth hundreds of thousands? If you pay it back this time, will you pay it back or not the next time you encounter millions of things?

Therefore, Qi Baofu would rather compensate his friends in other aspects than let this matter become a barrier between the two sides. (To be continued......)