afternoon.
14:30.
Dong Xuebin, who was gasping for breath, carried a large bag of heavy copper coins back to Jiangong Hospital. After entering the orthopedic ward, he lifted the big bag next to his hospital bed under the surprised eyes of the old man with a broken bone and his son. , the coins vibrated with a pleasant sound.
The old man was shocked: "Young man, what are you doing?"
The exhausted Dong Xuebin smiled and sat on the bedside, "I bought some ancient coins."
The old man's son said: "Good guy, you can't buy so much?"
"Haha, just playing around, playing around." Seeing the old man's son's Samsung laptop on the bedside table, Dong Xuebin hesitated for a moment, then smiled sheepishly: "Brother, I saw you using your laptop to surf the Internet yesterday. 3G wireless network card? If you don’t need the notebook for a while, can you lend it to me?”
He pushed the notebook forward generously and said, "Okay, use it as you like."
"Oh, thank you very much."
"You're welcome. Your aunt helped my dad fill the water and clean the lunch box while I was away. I haven't even thanked her yet."
For fear of the nurses and doctors gossiping, Dong Xuebin did not dare to pour the coins out directly. Instead, he threw them into the blind corner between the bed and the wall and spread them out. He raked them with his hands and roughly counted them. Then, Dong Xuebin I was very moved by the saying, "There are no treacherous people, no businessmen. What are the 1,400 copper coins? This pile does not even reach 1,000. Each copper coin is too small to calculate the quantity, so I was fooled. Well, it's just a calculation." Okay, I still don’t know who suffered the loss.
Dong Xuebin opened his laptop, connected to the Internet, and began to search online based on the names on the coins.
He doesn't know how to appraise antiques, so he can only rely on the Internet.
five minutes…
ten minutes…
twenty minutes…
If you don’t know it, there are too many types of coins in this pile.
There were Chongning Chongbao, Kaiyuan Tongbao, Xuanhe Tongbao, iron coins, and copper coins, which made him dazzled.
Dong Xuebin calmed down, and while supplementing his knowledge on several collection websites and currency and banknote forums, he began to eliminate the pile of coins bit by bit, such as a few coins with obvious characteristics, which he could easily identify. When they come out, there are coins such as Kaiyuan Tongbao from the Tang Dynasty and Xuanhe Tongbao from the Northern Song Dynasty. These are all items with a market value of a few yuan. The purchase price is estimated to be less than one yuan, and they have no collection value.
Dong Xuebin picked out the worthless copper coins one by one, threw them into a bag, and packed them separately.
One…
Ten…
Fifty pieces…
This is a very boring job that tests your patience.
After just picking and choosing all afternoon, the dining cart outside rolled to the door, and dinner arrived.
Dong Xuebin took a short break during the meal time. After just eating, he continued the screening work.
Three hundred and thirty pieces…
Three hundred and fifty pieces…
Four hundred and ten…
Good guy, in the end, more than 500 worthless copper coins were eliminated, leaving less than 300 coins.
At 7:30 in the evening, Qu Yunxuan called and said that the unit still had some urgent matters to deal with, so she would not come over tonight and would come see him tomorrow morning. Dong Xuebin meant that she should be busy with her work and not come tomorrow, but Aunt Xuan didn't listen to anything she said and hung up the phone after giving him a few instructions.
The old man's son didn't leave tonight and stayed with him all night, mainly because the old man's toilet was not convenient. Dong Xuebin asked for his opinion, and the other party generously said that he could use the laptop as he pleased, and there was no need to worry about the Internet fee, as his unit would take care of the reimbursement. Dong Xuebin hurriedly thanked me and said that he would have to buy a notebook in the future, so that it would be convenient to use anywhere.
Dong Xuebin is a guy who can't keep things under control. He plans to stay up all night to identify all these coins, otherwise he won't be able to sleep well.
Ever since, the screening work continues...
Five hundred and eighty…
Six hundred and fifty…
Six hundred and seventy…
But the rest are not so easy to exclude. For example, like Chongning Chongbao, there are many kinds of copper coins, such as flower wear, juewen, stars on the face, and stars and moon pattern on the back, but the prices are different. There are thousands, several There are ones worth hundreds of dollars, and there are also ones worth a few yuan. It’s hard to tell them apart if you’re not a professional at this.
Check it, check it slowly.
Well, this is a Qing coin with a large amount of existence. PASS
Oh, that one has a corner missing and is too rusty. Even if it’s genuine, it’s not worth much. PASS
I spent another three hours like this and still gained nothing.
Until one o'clock in the morning, just when Dong Xuebin was yawning and ready to give up, a rusty copper coin came into Dong Xuebin's sight. This ancient coin is called "Jiading Yuanbao". If you check it online, you will find that it is available at any price. It is different in age and period, and the casting size is different, so the price is also very different. At first, Dong Xuebin didn't take it to heart. He took the Jiading Yuanbao in his hand and compared it with the pictures and text descriptions of the sample coins on the Internet. This one was not right, that one was wrong, and that one didn't match either.
After searching for a long time, I didn't see any coin that was the same as my own.
He changed the website and continued searching, searching and searching. Suddenly, an auction item information was clicked on by Dong Xuebin.
In the Southern Song Dynasty, Jiading Yuanbao was broken into ten pieces and cast in 1208 AD. Square hole, diameter 54 mm.
Judging from the picture of the sample coin, the color, font, diameter and feel are almost exactly the same as my Jiading Yuanbao. The only difference is that the one auctioned is a very beautiful one with no rust, while Dong Xuebin’s Jiading Yuanbao is The rust is a little heavy.
Dong Xuebin casually moved his eyes to the auction price, and then... he was dumbfounded.
Starting price: 30,000 yuan.
Transaction price: 62,000 yuan.
Is x so expensive
Absolutely
That's definitely the coin in the photo of Cheng.
Dong Xuebin took a deep breath excitedly, and stared at the price that exceeded his expectations again. He couldn't help but feel very happy. He thought he would only miss 81,000 yuan, but who thought it was worth more than 60,000 yuan? Uh, no, no, the auction price will definitely be higher, because it includes commissions and taxes, and the actual value is relatively lower. Sweat, maybe it's fake or not. Coin counterfeiting is so common these days. Hey, but it shouldn't be the case. Although Cheng's character is a little worse, his eye for coin appraisal is still recognized.
Holding back his joy for the time being, Dong Xuebin checked the last small pile of coins online one by one.
They are all worth one or two yuan, nothing worth noting.
Packing hundreds of garbage coins and stuffing them under the bed, Dong Xuebin carefully held the Jiading Yuanbao and liked it more and more. Although the man surnamed Cheng bought nine pieces yesterday, it was probably a small trick to deceive others. In fact, it was only this Jiading Yuanbao that attracted him, right
Haha, it’s time to make money
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