Chapter 321 Chapter 321 "Borrowing a Pen"

"Oh?" Mr. Cheng seems to be a little surprised that Jia Sidao didn't ask someone to appraise it yesterday, but chose now at this time. Dao and Ji Yanran came in together, Cheng Lao smiled and took the copper coin from Jia Sidao's hand, at first glance, his face changed slightly! After seeing the change in Cheng Lao's expression, Jia Sidao couldn't help but tighten his heart. When talking with Ji Yanran just before entering the hotel, Jia Sidao knew that Mr. Cheng in front of him was really an old expert in the ancient coin business for many years.At that time, even Ji Yanran didn't quite understand when she heard that Jia Sidao had an ancient copper coin on hand, she still looked at Jia Sidao in surprise, and then asked, "Xiao Jia, when did you Instead of playing porcelain, have you switched to playing ancient coins?"

The tone of the words, to Jia Sidao's ears, was almost the same as that of Ah San! If it wasn't for Jia Sidao who clearly knew that Ji Yanran and Ah San didn't have any special intersections, it's hard to say, and they would think that the two had a good understanding.For this reason, Jia Sidao could only say with a wry smile: "What should I do to collect ancient coins? I just collected some copper coins from the street stall during the antique market, and then carefully identified them at home. All of a sudden, when I suddenly saw a copper coin that I was not familiar with, I naturally wanted to find someone to give me the palm of my hand."

"If you don't know anything about ancient coins, I don't think you will come to me specifically to introduce an expert to check it out for you, right?" Ji Yanran looked at Jia Sidao, but said with some deep meaning, "Sometimes, I really don't understand you at all. You are obviously very talented in the jade industry, but you often do things that are incomprehensible to others. For example, you often Going to collect some porcelain can be said to be a hobby, but now it’s a good thing that I have collected coins again..." The tone of those words was completely different from before.

For a while, Jia Sidao didn't know how to answer.For what Ji Yanran said, Jia Sidao thought about it in his heart, and he was really touched.As the saying goes, "Looking at flowers in the fog, looking at the moon in the water", Jia Sidao was naturally deluded by the authorities.At this moment, as soon as Ji Yanran's onlooker said clearly, Jia Sidao also felt a little bit enlightened. Should I have further development in the Jade Group? If you just want to survive in a small county like Linhai, Jia Sidao is not worried about any accidents at all, but if you really want to develop, then what Jia Sidao needs to do is undoubtedly There are many, many more...

"Young man, how did you get this thing?" When Jia Sidao was thinking about the conversation with Ji Yanran, Cheng Lao played with the copper coins in his hand for a while and asked. "Oh, this one, I collected it from the antique market." Jia Sidao explained. "Have you spent a lot of money?" Mr. Cheng continued to ask. "At that time, it was collected together with a lot of copper coins, which cost a few hundred yuan." Jia Sidao said. "That's a few hundred dollars?" Mr. Cheng was taken aback for a moment, then smiled, praised, and said, "In the ancient coin industry, how much can you directly spend on things collected from street stalls?" One hundred yuan is already enough capital.”

Speaking of which, things like ancient coins are very different from porcelain, calligraphy and painting.After all, porcelain of the same age, different styles, and different glaze colors will have different performances.And there are many tricks to cheat.However, the treasures of ancient copper coins are just such a template.If it's those very valuable ancient coins, don't say it's a fake, but anyone who knows a little about the ancient coins will pay a little attention when they see them.After all, only copper coins with a really small amount are more valuable, right? And such a small amount of copper coins appeared on the street stalls. Could it be that the antique peddler didn't understand copper coins and sold them there?This probability is almost lower than the probability of missing something on an antique stall.Therefore, generally, the copper coins collected from the antique street are rarely of high value.Of course, for some copper coins that have been altered or changed beyond recognition, if you can have more eyesight than others to recognize their true colors and discover their true value, that would be a different matter.

As a result, in the antique market, the prices of ancient coins are basically not very high.Especially for some ancient copper coins on the street stalls, if the price is not clearly marked, such as copper coins whose value can be determined by antique peddlers, most of the time, they will be sold at the market price, at most a slightly inflated small part. The rest, most copper coins, are sold at a relatively low price. The "Huitong Tongbao" that Jia Sidao has now has no signs of being old on the surface.If it wasn't for the fact that the antique peddler didn't understand, or didn't notice the existence of such a copper coin for a while, and Jia Sidao's luck was very good, it would be really difficult to buy it from the antique peddler at a price of a few hundred yuan. close up.

However, what Mr. Cheng said now seems to be implying that Jia Sidao spent money too generously. Jia Sidao thought about it for a while, touched his head, and said: "Well, actually, I didn't think much about it at the time, I just wanted to accept these copper coins for research. There is a lot of interest in the business. Seeing such a pile of copper coins all of a sudden, they are all put together with nephrite and strange stones. I guess the stall owner and hawker don’t know much about the ancient coin business..." If Otherwise, Jia Sidao wants to collect ancient coins. There are hawkers on the Antique Street who specialize in copper coins. Jia Sidao can go there and collect some.

"Hehe, it seems that your judgment is very correct. That peddler probably doesn't understand ancient coins. And you, you are really lucky. You have found a treasure." Cheng Lao looked at Jia Sidao He said with a smile. "Cheng Lao, it must have been picked up by him, right?" Ji Yanran next to her undoubtedly did not understand the business of ancient coins. At the beginning, listening to the conversation between Jia Sidao and Cheng Lao, it was quite satisfactory. It was almost like the conversation at the Antique Appraisal Conference.However, this last sentence really surprised Ji Yanran!

While speaking, Ji Yanran glanced at Jia Sidao, and then at the copper coin in Cheng Lao's hand. Is this a leaked copper coin? Ji Yanran looked carefully.Isn't it different from ordinary copper coins with holes and characters? As everyone knows, the change in the value of copper coins lies in the difference in those words.It's like a RMB of one hundred yuan and a RMB of one yuan. If the texture of the paper is removed, the pattern and handwriting on it are different, right? "Young man, judging by your expression, you should have a preliminary judgment on this coin, right?" Mr. Cheng didn't care about Ji Yanran's interruption, and instead asked Jia Sidao, " Why don't you just talk about it yourself?"

"This..." Jia Sidao heard the words, and immediately knew that Cheng Lao in front of him was testing himself, so he couldn't help organizing his words, and said: "Then I will say a few words indiscriminately. When I saw this coin at home At that time, I still felt very strange. I just found that there was something wrong, but I couldn’t tell where it was strange. However, because this copper coin has handwriting on it, it is quite easy to find information .No, I know this thing, if it is real, it should be a coin from the early Liao Kingdom..." "Not bad, not bad." Mr. Cheng nodded while listening, and said, "If you have doubts, you can search for information and explain it yourself. It's a taste of collecting." "So, Xiao Jia, before you came here, you knew that this coin was from the early Liao Dynasty?" Although the specific value of copper coins is not great.However, from the tone of Jia Sidao and Cheng Lao, Ji Yanran could also sense that this copper coin was relatively rare. "I just have such a judgment. But, specifically, I still have a lot of doubts." Jia Sidao said. "Oh, I think this copper coin is relatively complete, and there is no trace of re-engraving. Moreover, anyone who knows a little about ancient coins should be able to see that the style of this copper coin is still compared with that of the Liao Dynasty. Close." Cheng Lao glanced at Jia Sidao and said, "What questions do you have?" "First of all, it's this copper coin. It's too easy for me to get it." Jia Sidao talked about the process of getting this copper coin in detail, and said, "Afterwards, I thought about it. If this copper coin is real, since it is so precious, how can it be confused with a pile of worthless copper coins?" It's like a pie suddenly dropped from the sky.Although, everyone hopes that such a good thing will happen to him.However, if such a good thing happens, most people will wonder if someone is playing a prank, right? "I can explain this." Ji Yanran listened to the side, her beautiful eyes lit up, and she said, "Just now, Xiao Jia, you have said that the copper coins in your pile are mainly from the Northern Song Dynasty. For one thing, it is relatively normal to have this early Liao copper coin that was in the same era as the Northern Song Dynasty." "Hehe, what Miss Ji said is very correct." Mr. Cheng also praised Ji Yanran. Jia Sidao smiled awkwardly and said: "Other things, I still have two questions about this copper coin. One is that the word 'hui' on this copper coin has omitted the last stroke; the other is that the second There are some bruises on the right side of the word 'tong'. What's going on here?" As Jia Sidao said, he also analyzed himself, saying: "If there has been a re-engraving, it is impossible to start with the word 'tong'? Moreover, the treatment of 'hui' seems a bit rough. It’s gone.” For these two questions, Jia Sidao couldn’t figure it out.Now that I met an expert, I naturally said it out of nowhere. "It seems that your observation ability is indeed very meticulous. However, when it comes to ancient coins, you are still just getting started." Mr. Cheng heaved a sigh of relief and said, "In the ancient coins, the most fearful thing is to get into it." In the future, people who cannot jump out and are unable to extricate themselves will never be able to become a real expert. The only thing they can do is to be able to drill in first, drill deep, and at the same time be able to jump out. To look at it from a high point, the macro From the point of view, you can become a real master..." "Old Cheng, what you're talking about is not yourself." Ji Yanran said with a smile on the side. "Hehe, Miss Ji, you will praise me as an old man." Cheng Lao said modestly, "I have just started in the ancient coin industry..." Then he changed the subject and said to Jia Sidao, "Just Like you young man, my mentality in the ancient coin business is almost the same as yours." "Old Cheng, when you say that, are you saying that I have already started my career?" Jia Sidao said with a smile. "You boy," Cheng Lao smiled faintly, "You really have a good mentality. As long as you maintain the current mentality, you can make achievements in the ancient coin industry...Let's go back and look at this coin .First of all, as long as you look carefully, there is no trace of any alterations to the word 'same', which means that it cannot be re-engraved." "But this is exactly where I am puzzled." Jia Sidao said. "Hehe, the coins you've seen are too few." Cheng Lao said, "There are quite a few such bruises in ancient coins. Of course, many fake dealers will also know such a thing. The truth is, many ancient coins, after being re-engraved, or because different fonts would cause a lot of difficulties in carving the same, or because of the deliberate deliberation of counterfeiters, some marks of crushing will often be left..." "In this way, as long as the word 'same' is re-engraved, that's enough, and there is no need to think about it carefully. What happened to the crush?" Jia Sidao came to a little understanding. . Cheng Lao just glanced at Jia Sidao indifferently, but didn't make it clear.Most of the truths in the antique business still need to be experienced by individuals. If they are too clear, they will be right. "Let's talk about the 'will' again. As you said just now, it omits the last stroke of the word '日' at the bottom, and borrows the upper line of the inner outline of the coin. This phenomenon is called 'borrowing pen' in the line of ancient coins. , it is a feature of early Liao coinage." "Is this the characteristic of the early coin casting in the Liao Kingdom?" Jia Sidao was stunned, he really didn't know about this. "Hehe, decades ago, I was lucky enough to see a 'Tianlu Tongbao' which was also an early Liao coin. The water' and the radical borrowed the same point." Cheng Laosheng was afraid that Jia Sidao might have other ideas, and he specifically said something that happened to him, and then he sighed, "This was created in the early Liao Dynasty. The number of coins is very rare, and the ones that have survived to this day are even rarer. It can be said that each one is very precious. Young man, you have missed a lot." "Hey, it's all luck." Jia Sidao scratched the back of his head embarrassingly. "Old Cheng, how much is this copper coin worth?" Ordinarily, Ji Yanran would not have asked such a question in such a philistine manner.However, perhaps seeing Jia Sidao's somewhat stupefied expression, Ji Yanran helped him out by asking. When Jia Sidao heard the words, he was also refreshed.He looked at Cheng Lao eagerly, hoping that Cheng Lao could come up with a specific number. "If I told you the price, old man, wouldn't you come to ask me to help you identify it? In this way, I will charge you." It is very rare that Cheng Lao actually made a joke about Jia Sidao and Ji Yanran, " However, since you only spent a few hundred dollars to accept this precious 'Huitong Tongbao', young man, I have gained a lot of knowledge, so I will simply tell you directly, the value of this copper coin The price must be multiplied by at least a few hundred times, and once it goes to the auction house, it can be multiplied by a thousand times." "That's really congratulations, Xiao Jia." Ji Yanran looked at Jia Sidao with a smile and said, "I see, Mr. Cheng, you must not be polite to him, anyway, Xiao Jia just missed it. , I made a fortune, and I deserve a treat." "Okay!" Jia Sidao naturally agreed happily, and said, "Why don't we just make it tonight, how about it?" "Hehe, you young people go. I don't have the time." Mr. Cheng glanced at Jia Sidao and Ji Yanran, and shook his head while talking. Seeing Jia Sidao's curious eyes, Ji Yanran whispered, "Old Cheng is going back to the provincial capital in the afternoon." "Oh!" Jia Sidao finally understood.In addition to jewelry and jade appraisal experts like Lao Wang, there are also many other types of antique experts from various urban areas in the province in this antique appraisal conference.If not, Jia Sidao pondered, it is unlikely to have the scale of yesterday, right? Next, Jia Sidao and Ji Yanran had a break-up meal with all the experts in the downstairs hall of the Taizhou Hotel!At the table, because everyone is not only an expert in the field of antiques, but also a lot of people, they will have some other identities.For example, Ji Yanran is a lecturer in the university.Let's communicate with each other, which can be regarded as enriching your interpersonal relationship. For this reason, Jia Sidao naturally followed the trend and got acquainted with many experts.