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 and made a pleasant sound.
The old man said in shock: "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, right? 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 whatever you want."
"Oh, thank you very much."
"You're welcome, your aunt helped my dad pour 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 "No treacherous, no businessman", what about 1,400 copper coins? This pile didn't even reach 1,000. Each copper coin was too small to calculate the quantity, so I was fooled. Well, it was just a calculation.
Sorry, 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 identify antiques, so he can only rely on the Internet.
five minutes……
ten minutes……
twenty minutes……
If you don’t know, there are so many types of coins in this pile.
There were Chongning Chongbao, Kaiyuan Tongbao, Xuanhe Tongbao, iron coins, and copper coins, which made him dazzled and confused.
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 came out, coins such as Kaiyuan Tongbao from the Tang Dynasty and Xuanhe Tongbao from the Northern Song Dynasty were all worth a few yuan in the market. The purchase price was estimated to be less than one yuan, so they had 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 pieces...
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, and after just eating, he continued the screening work.
Three hundred and thirty pieces...
Three hundred and fifty...
Four hundred and ten pieces...
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 work unit still had some urgent matters to deal with, so she would not come over in the evening and would come to see him tomorrow morning. Dong Xuebin meant that she would be busy with her work and would not come tomorrow, but Xuan Xuan
My aunt didn't listen to anything he 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 it was not convenient for him to go to the toilet. 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.
The unit was in charge of reimbursement. Dong Xuebin hurriedly thanked me and said that he would have to buy a notebook in the future, so that he could use it anywhere.
Dong Xuebin is a guy who can't pretend to be worried. 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 continued...
Five hundred and eighty pieces...
Six hundred and fifty...
Six hundred and seventy pieces...
But the rest are not so easy to rule out. 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 patterns 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 dollars. 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 token with a large amount of existence, pass!
Oh, the corner is missing and the rust is too severe. Even if it is genuine, it is not worth anything. Pass!
I spent another three hours like this and still got nothing!
Until one o'clock in the morning, just when Dong Xuebin was yawning and about to give up, a rusty copper coin came into Dong Xuebin's sight. This ancient coin is called "Jiading Yuanbao". After checking online, it can be found at any price.
, different eras, casting sizes are different, and prices are 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 is not, that one is wrong, that one.
It doesn't match either.
After searching for a long time, I didn't see any coins of the same type as mine.
He changed the website and continued searching, searching and searching, and suddenly, an auction item information was clicked on by Dong Xuebin.
Southern Song Dynasty, Jiading Yuanbao broken into ten pieces, 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 transaction price of the auction item, and then... he was dumbfounded.
Starting price: 30,000 yuan.
Transaction price: RMB 62,000.
Damn it! So expensive!?
Absolutely!
The coin in the photo of Cheng is definitely it!
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? Well,
No, no, the auction price will definitely be on the high side, because commissions and taxes are included in it, and the actual value is relatively lower. Sigh, it might be fake, because coin counterfeiting is so common these days, eh, but it shouldn't be
Yes, although the character of the person named Cheng is a bit poor, 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, and there is 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 named Cheng bought nine coins yesterday, it was probably a small trick to deceive others. In fact,
Is it just this Jiading Yuanbao that attracted him?