In history, it is said that Zhenyou Tongbao was left behind by the old genealogy of Zhenyou Qian of Emperor Xuanzong. Only after the publication of "Guquanhui" by Li Zhupeng in the Qing Dynasty did we know that there was a "Zhenyou Tongbao" that was broken into two pieces.
After Li Zhupeng's death, the Tibetan Spring came out and was later acquired by Luo Zhenyu who lived in Jinmen. Later, several products were selected by Fang Yaoyu, and Zhenyou Zhe Erqian was one of them.
Fang Yaoyu found this precious spring and recited a poem: "Guzhu has not heard of the Taihe period, and it is not true that Zhu Zhenyou can prove it. But judging the era based on words, I don't believe that Aizong still has money."
The appearance of Zhenyou money shows that money was still minted after Taihe, but in the Aizong era after Xuanzong, paper money was also commonly used, so it was impossible to have a spring.
The "Tianxing Tongbao", "Tianxing Baohui" and other springs handed down from ancient times are all fabrications or the names of banknotes.
Han Peacock knows that there are three Zhenyou coins circulating in the world now, one Yuanbao, one Tongbao, and one Tongbao worth two. However, these coins of the Golden Kingdom have either been lost overseas, are rarely handed down, or are orphans, which are very rare. .
Therefore, the value of these Zhenyou Tongbao is higher than the precious treasures in the hands of Han Feng and Han Xiaoxiao.
Of course, there are many counterfeit Zhenyou coins on the market now, but the counterfeiters cannot find the original spring to recast them, the production is poor, and the style of the coins is greatly reduced, so it is obvious at a glance that they are fake springs.
"Anyway, there are not many valuable coins in the Northern Song Dynasty. Xiaoxiao is cheating. Most of her coins are from the Southern Song Dynasty. Of course, she doesn't win." At this time, Han Feng no longer cares about Han Huang. It is obvious that everyone in the family is biased. It was absolutely impossible for him to win against her, so he started competing with Han Xiaoxiao again.
Han Xiaoxiao rolled his eyes at Han Feng and ignored him at all.
Han Kongque said: "When a man is beaten, he must stand upright, otherwise his integrity will also be lost."
"You have to admit it only if you lose. At that time, Xiaoxiao chose Northern Song Dynasty money. She said that Northern Song Dynasty coins were better, and mine was Xixia money. Naturally, Xixia money is more precious than Northern Song Dynasty money. Am I wrong?" Han Feng Dissatisfied.
"If you lose, you have to admit it. Those who cheat are villains, don't you think so, Huanghuang?" Han Xiaoxiao made an alliance and immediately found Han Huang.
Han Huang looked at Han Feng and said, "I am a child, not a villain. If I don't admit my mistakes, I will be a villain."
"Little girl, isn't it okay if I don't call you a little person from now on?" Han Feng was hit hard by Han Huang and couldn't bear it anymore, so she gave up.
Han Peacock and others burst into laughter, and the child said it was still very cute.
"Look at this fat baby like me. Mom said it was from the Northern Song Dynasty. It must be better than yours, it's golden." Han Feng didn't know why the adults were laughing, but he knew that Han Feng was not convinced, so she reluctantly took it from her pocket. Inside, a gold coin was found.
It was golden, and Han Peacock recognized it at a glance, but how could it be a Fat Baby gold coin?
Han Kongque got so many gold coins, could it be that what Han Huang got were gold coins engraved with emperor statues?
"Look, isn't it cute?" Han Huang handed it to Han Xiaoxiao and grinned sillyly at Han Xiaoxiao.
"I won't give it to you, brother, don't worry." Han Xiaoxiao still understood Han Huang very well, so she comforted the little girl.
After hearing what Han Xiaoxiao said, Han Huang immediately let go and put the gold coin in Han Xiaoxiao's hand.
"Hey, Dad, look, there is a Buddha statue above this. This is no ordinary gold coin." Han Xiaoxiao said in surprise.
"Haha, I know where gold coins were issued in the Northern Song Dynasty. The little girl is just a villain. She steps on villains and beats villains. She does nothing every day but eats, sleeps and hits villains." Han Feng teased Han Huang, looking at her He had to let Han Huang open his bright red mouth and use his moves.
"You brat, what are those gold coins? You're not as good as Han Huang! Our Han Huang will definitely be a talented girl when she grows up. She knows that this is Song money at such a young age." Han Peacock immediately comforted Han Huang.
"Song Qian? Better than brother's?" Han Huang was comforted by Han Kongque and immediately forgot to cry.
Han Peacock said with a smile: "Of course, this is a gold coin. Do you think it's beautiful? There's such a lovely monk on it!"
When Han Kongque said this, Han Huang immediately raised his head proudly and looked at Han Feng.
Han Feng's expression was not so good. He said angrily: "Is this really Song Qian? Isn't it said that there are too many Song Qian and they are all rubbish? These two don't stop."
When Han Kongque and others heard this, they immediately laughed again.
Indeed, there were a lot of coins issued during the Song Dynasty, and there were also many versions. Most coins from the Northern Song Dynasty did not have a very high market value, but there are still a very small number of ancient coins from the Northern Song Dynasty that have extremely high collection value.
Few ancient coins from the Southern Song Dynasty have been handed down, not as many as those from the Northern Song Dynasty. Therefore, compared with the ancient coins from the Southern Song Dynasty, they generally have a high collection value. Due to the current market chaos, there are fewer and fewer truly good ancient coins.
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The main reason is that there are many imitations, and the second reason is that auction companies are hyping things up, and the market is in chaos. If everyone dares to collect, the price will naturally be hit.
The gold coin Han Huang took out was really a commemorative coin issued by the Northern Song Dynasty, and it was also issued by Zhao Kuangyi. It was the mother coin of the "Chunhua Yuanbao" Buddha statue money.
The earliest discovery of "Chunhua Yuanbao" Buddha statue money from the Song Dynasty in my country was in the spring of 1988. At that time, a construction team was cleaning the base of the pagoda at the top of the central platform (i.e. Cuiyan Peak) of Wutai Mountain, a Buddhist holy place, and dug out more than a thousand ingots. Money with two Buddha statues engraved on the back.
Later, it was identified by archaeologists and coin experts that this was the "Chunhua Yuanbao" Buddha statue coin cast during the Chunhua period of the Song Dynasty in my country.
After the "Chunhua Yuanbao" Buddha statue money was unearthed, it was secretly divided and resold by migrant workers. Later, it was sold to the Hong Kong coin market, and one coin was exchanged for a luxury car. Its preciousness is staggering.
Mr. Hua Guangpu, a contemporary collector, author and coin appraiser in my country, in his monograph "Catalog of Ancient Chinese Coins in Color Photos", rated the coin as first grade, with each coin worth 100,000 yuan. Of course, now, it is not One hundred thousand yuan can buy it.
Because of its unique shape, delicate carvings, exquisite patterns and unique charm of Buddha statue money, as well as its precious historical value, it has won the favor of Buddhist believers and coin enthusiasts.
In addition, most of them are in the hands of the government, so private collectors who want to collect them cannot buy them if they have money.
The money for the "Chunhua Yuanbao" Buddha statues at that time was unearthed under very unexpected circumstances, so a lot must have been lost. However, even if someone outside collects it, the value of the money for those "Chunhua Yuanbao" Buddha statues is not as good as that of Han Xiaoxiao.
This one in your hand is precious.
Han Kongque judged this at a glance, so he thought it was the mother coin of the "Chunhua Yuanbao" Buddha statue money.
The so-called mother money is the standard model money produced by the central and local finances when a large number of coins were minted in ancient times.
Ordinary mother coins are directly carved from copper, tin or lead blocks into money molds. When casting money, ancestral coins are used as molds and mother coins are cast. These mother coins are issued to various places, and each place uses mother coins to make molds and mint coins.
The carvings of the mother coins are very sophisticated. The carvings seen today are all made of golden copper, which is a high-quality copper material.
The inscriptions on the copper coin are very exquisite, with deep and smooth characters. There are no signs of knife marks on the coin. It is slightly larger and thicker than the coins in circulation of the same edition.
The carved mother coins are made into money molds and then taken away. Craftsmen pour molten copper onto the money molds. After the coins cool down, the molds are opened, and the coins are taken out, processed and polished until they are smooth.
The "Chunhua Yuanbao" Buddha statue found in Mount Wutai has a coin diameter of 24mm, a thickness of 5mm, a embossed Buddha statue of 2mm, each weighing 12g, and a fineness of over 96%.
The "Chunhua Yuanbao" Buddha statue money in Han Xiaoxiao's hand was obviously much larger. If it was not the "Chunhua Yuanbao" Buddha statue money, Han Peacock thought it was ancestral money rather than mother money.
Since the Sui and Tang Dynasties, the mother-money casting method was abolished and the mother-money sand-casting method was used instead, thus entering the stage of mother-money sand-casting.
Whenever new money is issued, sample money (including wax samples, tooth samples, wood samples, etc.) is first submitted to the palace. The sample money presented is generally called ancestral money. Then the mother money is copied based on the ancestral money, and finally the mother money is used.
Money is smashed into sand molds to cast circulating coins.
Due to the adoption of the mother-money casting method, the mother model was eliminated, which saved the cost of coining and made the process more reasonable. It can be said to get twice the result with half the effort. It can be called a milestone in the history of coinage and laid the foundation for the mother-carved coinage method in the later Song Dynasty.
If it is the manufacture of ordinary coins, it is very likely that the sample money presented to the palace is made of gold, but the "Chunhua Yuanbao" Buddha statue money is different, because it is made of gold itself, so even if it can be seen
Although this gold coin is larger than the "Chunhua Yuanbao" Buddha statue, Han Peacock can only say that it is mother's money, but cannot confirm that it is ancestral money.
The Song Dynasty was a period when my country's ancient metal coinage and use were very developed. From the actual object, we can see that the front of the coin is engraved with the four characters "Chunhua Yuanbao" in running script. The font is written by Zhao Guangyi, Emperor Taizong of the Song Dynasty. The writing style is timeless and very free and easy.
Song Taizong loved calligraphy all his life. After he came to the throne, he paid attention to calligraphy and asked people to buy calligraphy calligraphy from ancient emperors and famous officials.
In the third year of Chunhua, he compiled and engraved the famous "Chunhua Pavilion Tie" in the Song Dynasty.
The two Buddha statues on the back of the coin are lifelike and lifelike. On the right is Guanyin Bodhisattva holding a lotus and sitting on an eight-leaf lotus throne in shackles.
Under the throne, auspicious clouds are entwined. On the left side is a boy with hair tied on his head, his hands clasped together, his face innocent and lively, and his body slightly turned to the right, standing on a lotus petal seat. It is like a picture of a "boy worshiping Guanyin".
Therefore, just this "Chunhua Yuanbao" Buddha statue money mother coin is comparable to Han Feng's handful of Xixia coins.
Seeing Han Feng's frustration, Han Kongque couldn't bear it, so he said: "Generally speaking, rare ancient coins have high collection value, whether they are from the Northern Song Dynasty or other periods, but not all ancient coins
Coins are valuable.
In addition to the version, age, history, and the level of craftsmanship used to weigh its value, it cannot be denied that the craftsmanship of the Song Dynasty is definitely not comparable to that of the Xixia."
"I know." Han Feng said nervously. (To be continued.)