Chapter two hundred and twenty-eight real silver and counterfeit coins, monthly passes)
"Have you made a fortune today? The sitting Buddha was finally taken away, and you can still get thirty thousand, which is pretty good." Zhang Qianshan said with satisfaction.
"Let's go and see Wen Zhe and thank him by the way." Aunt Zhang also said with a smile.
Zhang Yijie smiled: "That kid finally found an opportunity. He wanted to thank my mother for a long time, but he didn't expect to encounter such a good thing today!"
Everything was sold out and there was no need to visit the store. The Zhang family of three simply locked the store door and came to Chen Wenzhe.
"Coming?" Chen Wenzhe had seen the Zhang family and his son coming back a long time ago, but he didn't go over to disturb them. If something happened, he had to let the whole family talk to each other.
"Thank you for your help today, thank you!" Zhang Qianshan said very politely.
"Uncle Zhang, you are too polite. How much help did Aunt Zhang help me? The last time I thanked you, I didn't accept any gifts. Today I helped, is it going to be even?"
"No way, you and Xiaojie are classmates, and we are still close to each other!" Aunt Zhang said immediately.
Zhang Qianshan also smiled and said: "We are treating guests tonight, and your family must be there."
"What a coincidence. I just received a call. My eldest brother is going to meet relatives and friends of the woman's family today, and my parents will definitely go with him."
Zhang Yijie said: "Forget it then, I'll treat you alone."
Chen Wenzhe smiled bitterly: "There is really no need to be so polite between us. You see, the gold bracelet business is still going on!"
At this moment, Li Jinli negotiated another deal and sold a pair of gold bracelets.
"This is your skill. Xiao Chen is good at attracting people to the store continuously. And Xiao Li is a good talker, so many sales can be easily concluded. With your cooperation, how can business be bad?"
Regarding this point, Aunt Zhang and Uncle Zhang really admired them.
You know, other stores have secretly started selling old gold bracelets, but their business is not good. Why?
They have no credibility and no one trusts them.
They all thought that Chen Wenzhe's gold bracelet business would not be able to continue after other stores had stocked the goods, but no one expected that he successfully succeeded.
Who can match that skill of touching gold?
This is a real skill. You can tell clearly whether it is gold or not with just one touch. You can also accurately tell the purity and weight. This is much better than selling pork or something.
"Senior Brother Li is very powerful. You have made a lot of money this month!"
At this time, Zhang Yijie admired Li Jinli very much.
He really admires him, so what if he has conflicts with him?
Why don't you still look down and do sales here with Chen Wenzhe?
What's more, he's doing very well. The unknown guy who didn't accept anyone in the antique shop is now somewhat famous in this antique town.
At the very least, everyone knows that there is a very powerful salesperson in Chen Wenzhe's Yi Niantang, who helps Chen Wenzhe earn hundreds of thousands every day.
The price of gold is transparent and the owners of other stores know how much they can earn at a glance and cannot hide it at all.
That's why so many people are jealous. Unfortunately, without Yi Niantang's reputation, Chen Wenzhe's ability, and Li Jinli's mouth, this business really wouldn't be possible.
"It's mainly due to Wen Zhe. It was with the help of his unique skills that I was able to successfully sell the bracelets."
Feeling a little embarrassed to be praised, Li Jinli hurriedly explained.
"Senior brother, I'm not as good at talking as you are!" Chen Wenzhe also said with a smile.
"I'm really not humble. For example, the Internet celebrity who came today is just for Wen Zhe."
Zhang Yijie immediately became interested and hurriedly asked.
Chen Wenzhe was not in the mood to tell stories. He opened the safe and took out the silver coin.
If someone doesn't tell him, he can't pretend he doesn't know.
The things were handed over to Zhang Qianshan, but Zhang Qianshan was a little at a loss.
His face turned red and he said: "Wen Zhe, I'm not afraid of your jokes. Uncle Zhang and I are really blind when it comes to silver coins!"
"What's this? Who knows all about antiques? I specialize in porcelain and a little bit in bronze. I don't know much about woodware, stone carvings, bracelets, etc."
Zhang Qianshan was speechless and didn't understand. How dare you sell that Dzi bead for 10,000 yuan?
Dzi beads are nothing more than stone sculptures.
"Uncle, it's actually very simple to identify this thing. Do you know how to weigh it?"
"I can! I know the three-piece silver coin appraisal set." Zhang Yijie said immediately before Zhang Qianshan said anything.
"Be honest, I haven't seen you appraise the silver coins I bought a few times. Wen Zhe, please continue, today is really a lesson!"
Looking at the silver coins in his hand, Zhang Qianshan felt a little emotional. He had been in the antique shop for decades, but he had never picked up a coin.
Is it because he didn’t encounter a good thing once? Obviously not, but he didn’t recognize it when he encountered it, and it was very likely that someone else picked it up again.
Just like this silver coin, if that person didn't have a brain problem and left after buying something, they wouldn't even know they had stolen the treasure!
"The simplest thing is to weigh it. Let's take Yuan Datou, which has the largest quantity. Yuan Datou is usually about 26 grams. Of course, there were many silver-stealing and weight-reduction versions in ancient times, and it was not a mint before.
Some mints operate illegally and do not follow the regulations of the Beiyang government. They steal silver plates. In ancient times, there were many silver banks. The shopkeepers used files to file down the silver around the silver coins. The bank accounts were huge.
If each silver dollar is filed down to 0.1 grams, 100 grams will be filed off 1,000 silver dollars. Over time, the money will become a river, and the shopkeeper in the middle will also make a lot of money. Of course, it is easy to identify it this way, just by looking at the edges.
There are also weighted versions of silver coins. The production of private mints in many places is not standardized, so the silver coins coming out of the factories are either weighted or lightened. There is no fixed standard, so old silver coins can range from 25 to 28 grams.
But the standard weight of most real silver coins is between 26 and 27 grams. If you weigh the grams with your hands, the ones with much less must be fakes. This one is obviously a standard silver coin."
"Then it's time to look at the patties,"
Chen Wenzhe is more familiar with this point because he can make patties.
Looking at the appearance of the patina, the appearance of genuine silver coins is very smooth and does not have strong reflection. Since handed down silver coins are often played with by people, a kind of precious light will be formed on the surface.
Real silver and counterfeit coins are very reflective and have a kind of luster on the surface. Firearms are very heavy. Counterfeit coins are common on street stalls. Generally, there are dark signs of aging in the gaps and they have a metallic texture that looks like iron, making them very easy to distinguish.
There are many types of patina, which are divided into handed down silver coins and raw pit silver coins. Those with green rust are unearthed from raw pits.
Needless to say, no one is more familiar with this than Captain Mo Jin.
In the past, the ancients buried silver coins for some reason. After decades or hundreds of years, green rust formed on the surface, which was still easy to identify.
The surface of the handed-down silver coins is warm and moist, just like a cultural bracelet with a patinated leather shell. There is no patinated leather shell on the real silver coins.