Rebirth: I am a first-line antique dealer

The first time he went to the countryside to shovel land after his rebirth, Ding Mao gained a lot. Stimulated by the "high price" of those thirteen silver coins, he later received many square-hole copper coins and some small miscellaneous items.

Square-hole coins are round coins with a square hole in the middle. In line with the saying that the sky is round and the earth is round, it evolved from the round coin (annular coin). It is an inherent form of ancient copper coins. The half-liang coins of the Qin Dynasty were the earliest. During the Republic of China, The Tongbao of the Republic of China was minted at the latest.

In ancient times, people often coiled copper coins and wrapped them around their waists, which was both convenient and safe to carry.This is also the origin of the word entanglement.

In addition to the iron coins of the Southern Song Dynasty and the brass coins mostly used in the Qing Dynasty, the common materials of square hole coins are mainly bronze in most dynasties. In addition, white copper, red copper, lead, etc. are also used in small amounts.

The more precious coins made of rare metals such as silver and gold are mostly used for rewards or offerings.This type of coins and some rare Dazhen series are highly sought after by collectors.

Coins were also called springs in ancient times, so friends in the coin collecting community generally call them spring friends when communicating with each other.

Seeing that no one was taking anything anymore, Ding Mao packed up the advertisements and rode on the red Qianjiang motorcycle to go back. When he reached the entrance of the village, he was stopped by the cleanly dressed middle-aged woman who had been watching before.

"Young man, please wait a moment. I still have some things at home. Do you want to take a look?"

"Of course I want to see it. Auntie, have you brought it over?"

The woman was obviously a little embarrassed: "I don't want others to see what we sell to you. Can you go to my house and see it?"

Naturally, Ding Mao is rarely willing to let you go to your home to see the goods. First, he has a high degree of trust in you. Second, he has a strong intention to make a move. Also, since he doesn’t want his neighbors to see him, he will basically have some that he thinks are good. Even something valuable.

So he readily agreed: "Of course, Auntie, you will lead the way, and you and I will go home to see it!"

I arrived at the woman's house within a few steps. The yard is very spacious. The main house has been renovated in the past two years. The large bungalow is covered with brand-new ceramic tiles. At first glance, the living standard of this family is still three rooms. Villages with more houses are wealthier.

The two elderly people in the family and the man of the house were both there. As soon as he entered the door, Ding Mao was more casual and handed a cigarette to both the man of the house and his father.

The woman brought up the things I had found out in advance and said, "My husband's family used to have poor quality ingredients. If I take some things out for others to see, they will be gossiped about again! I asked you to come to the house to take a look. You first See if you can get these?"

Ding Mao took the iron box of malted milk and an exquisite lacquered wooden box handed over by the woman, with the seal script "Honoring the Six Pillars of the Nation" written on the box.

Opening the lacquer box, a pure silver medal of meritorious service in the shape of a dougong with "Medal of Merit" engraved on the back is in front of you. There are three silver bars on the ribbon. This is also used to distinguish the level of the pillar medal. One is eight and two. Levels seven and three are six, and the higher levels, five and four, are enamel strips.

Although Ding Mao didn't play much with merit medals in his previous life, he happened to have received an eighth-class national medal. Its basic format was the same as this one, but it was missing two bars.

"The Manchukuo medals are genuine."

After looking back and forth, Ding Mao quickly put it down without showing any expression of joy.Then he opened the lid of the iron box of malted milk.

Sure enough, after seeing that Ding Mao only took a "cursory" glance and didn't show much interest, the woman asked slightly nervously: "I think this thing seems to be made of silver. Isn't it valuable?"

Ding Mao always had a smile on his face and replied: "This has nothing to do with whether it is worth it. It is just because of the historical background that this kind of thing is not very popular and not many people play it!"

Ding Mao is not lying about this. Compared with the commemorative medals from the period of aiding Korea and other periods, the popularity of Puppet Manchukuo medals is much different. Although the price will increase a lot after a few years, it is still not as easy to sell as other types. .

The family's expressions were obviously a little disappointed, but they didn't say much.

Opening the lid of the malted milk box, Ding Mao took out a large bunch of yellow and bright Qing Dynasty coins tied with a string. At a glance, there were more than 200 coins. Underneath the coins were all nickel coins and copper plates from the Puppet Manchukuo period.

The nickel coin was first entrusted to the Birmingham Mint of country Y for trial casting during the Guangxu period of the Qing Dynasty. However, before it was issued, it was rejected by the famous Lafayette and the conservatives on the grounds that the Qing Empire had no nickel mines and no casting equipment. .

During the Republic of China, a five-cent nickel coin was issued on February 1914, 2. Later, nickel coins of various denominations began to be issued one after another.

During the Datong and Kant periods, a large number of nickel coins with double dragons and double horse heads were issued.

"I just saw it. You charge such big yellow money one piece at a time. I will also sell these to you at this price. How do you think you will charge these "aluminum" ones and small copper coins below?"

Ding Mao was naturally very happy for the woman to take the initiative to make an offer.Then the nickels and copper plates were poured out.

Along with the nickels and copper plates, a light red tourmaline cap was poured out.Ding Mao just glanced at it without picking it up to check.

When shoveling the ground, you must remember that the more you like something, the less you should use it.

"It's okay to pay big money at the price eldest sister said. Even these are fake Manchukuo coins. Auntie, let's see how much you want to sell them for?"

Ding Mao had already changed his title at this time. After determining the price of clearing the money, he did not rush to give a quote for nickels, etc., but asked the eldest sister what price he wanted to sell it for!

After the eldest sister heard the word Puppet Manchukuo again, she naturally thought that it was another unpopular coin, but she still wanted to get a price.

So he said: "This thing is not worth thinking about. If it's not valuable, it's only fifty cents a piece. If it's less, we won't sell it!"

Ding Mao was secretly happy in his heart, but he kept his expression on the surface. After pretending to ponder, he nodded reluctantly: "It's not easy, just fifty cents!"

Seeing Ding Mao checking the number of coins and calculating the price, and not talking about military medals and cheating, the woman reluctantly walked to the red cabinet with period characteristics, groped inside and took out another wheat milk. Fine iron box.

Ding Mao had already seen it with his peripheral vision and didn't rush to ask. After he checked the quantity and calculated the price, the woman opened the lid of the box herself.

"I also have Yin Dayang at home. I originally planned to buy a pair of bracelets with my mother-in-law. If you can take this thing with you today, I will sell it to you!"

The woman pointed to the medal of merit and said.

Ding Mao took the iron box and was overjoyed.

"Since it's no problem to come and collect it together, it just depends on how much Auntie wants to sell it for."

Dayang is still the one who opens the door at a glance, but this time besides Yuan Xiang, there are two Sun Xiang small heads and three R country Long Yang.

"You used to get Wang Laoguai for almost 55 a piece, so I'll sell these to you for 55 a piece!"

After saying that, I thought about it in my mind, and then said again: "These are 21 yuan, which should be more than 1150 yuan. If you add this to 1200 yuan, I will give it all to you!"

Ding Mao was not very satisfied with this price, but he still pretended to shake his head and smiled bitterly: "Auntie, you really know how to do business, and you don't want me to make any money! Your big oceans are different from those of the uncle before!"

As he said that, he picked out three R country dragons and two Sun Xiang small heads, and then continued: "Sister, you see, these three are silver coins cast by R country. These two are small heads, and the prices are lower. Much more than Yuan Datou!"

The woman saw that these ones were indeed different from those of Yuan Xiang, but she did not let go: "We ordinary people don't know which one is more expensive and which one is cheaper. Maybe this one is even more expensive! Anyway, I just want to sell it at this price. Take a look." Ok!"

Ding Mao deliberately pretended to be embarrassed. Only then did he pick up the tourmaline hat and straighten it.

"Auntie, is this expensive?"

The woman didn't take it seriously and said: "It shouldn't be a valuable thing. Whoever is valuable will put it on his hat. If he didn't think it looked good, he would have thrown it away with the hat. If you like it, I can give it to you. !”

Hearing this, Ding Mao felt determined. He secretly rejoiced and said: "I just calculated that the big coins are 237, the nickels are 186 and 93 yuan. The total sum is exactly 330. Since aunt is so happy about the silver dollar and this meritorious service, The chapter is 1200 as aunt said, and the total is 1530, so I can’t ask you to give it away for free, so I’ll round up 1550 for you, and I’ll take all of it!”

I had already thought that as long as he took all the stones that looked like stained glass, they would be given away for free, but now he was given an additional twenty. Naturally, the woman was very happy and quickly agreed.

"Okay, I've sold you out, but you're still a honest young man!"