"Okay, take a look, but this is what I picked up, and it's mine," she handed it to me.
I took it and took a look.
It is about 2.5cm in diameter, has a green patina, and has Chongzhen Tongbao written on the front. Turn the copper coin over, and you can still vaguely see the image of a horse on the lower back.
I feel very strange.
Why are there such copper coins here?
Logically speaking, "temple money" should be found in a place like this. The so-called temple money is the kind of big, thick copper coin made of brass, usually without words.
The money she picked up was a special kind of money. It might not be the money used in the industry at that time. People in our industry called it "Chongzhen Horse Racing Money", or "Horse Racing Money" for short.
Like the later Kangxi Luohan coins, they all have a certain meaning.
When Ah Jing saw me looking at it for a long time, she asked, "What's wrong, handsome guy? Do you still know how to look at antiques?"
I thought to myself: "I am not only good at looking at antiques, I understand everything. There is nothing I don't understand."
"Then do you think it's worth it?"
I said it could be sold for about three hundred yuan. I didn't lie to her. At that time, the money for high-quality products was only this amount.
"Haha! Did you hear that, sisters! It's worth 300, and I made a small fortune." A Jing was very happy.
I studied Quanpu in the past dynasties when I was in the fifth grade of elementary school, so I knew a saying about this kind of copper coin at that time.
Chongzhen Tongbao, with a horse racing picture on its back, was cast at the end of the Ming Dynasty.
At that time, the people of the Ming Dynasty were in poverty and had no means of livelihood. Children were singing nursery rhymes: "Eat his mother, live with his mother. When King Chuang comes, he will not grab food, he will not be on duty, and he will not farm. Let's all have a good time. You come too, and I
Come too, hurry up and open the door to welcome King Chuang."
It can be seen from this ballad that many people welcomed Li Zicheng at that time.
It was against this background that horse racing was born.
You see.
Does the word "Chuang" in "Chuang Wang" mean "a horse is locked in the door?"
A horse is made on the back of the copper coin alone, which means that the door of the Ming Dynasty cannot be closed anymore. The horse of Li Zicheng, the king of intruders, has already rushed out.
I asked A Jing, if you want to sell this copper coin, I can give you a high price, 300 quickly.
Ah Jing is also a clever girl. She asked me to take the copper coins back and said, "I won't sell it for now. I'll wait until I go back to find an antique shop owner and ask."
Unexpectedly, Brother Yu said at this time: "Girl, this brother of mine never lies to others. If he tells you it's worth 300, then it's worth 300. In fact, I personally like this copper coin because I happen to be a horse, so I'll give it to you."
500, can you sell it to me?"
Seeing the sincerity on Brother Yu's face, Ah Jing hesitated for a few seconds and said, "Then...Okay, I'll sell it to you for 500."
Brother Yu was about to reach out to pick it up.
Suddenly, no one expected it.
Ah Chang ran over and knocked the copper coin out of Ah Jing's palm!
The copper coins flew out and I don't know where they fell.
"Ah Chang, you are crazy! What are you doing!"
In addition, it was raining heavily and there was lightning and thunder outside the temple.
It happened that a bolt of lightning flashed across, suddenly making A Chang's face extremely pale!
Her lips were trembling, her whole body was shaking, and she said loudly: "You can't take it! This is night money! Whoever picks it up will die!"
Touching money at night?
I don’t understand. This is obviously a racing coin from the Ming Dynasty. It’s not very rare. It’s worth a few hundred yuan. Why can’t you touch it?
"Ah Jing! Go outside and wash your hands!"
"Sister Yun! Ah Jing doesn't know! It's because she is a foreigner!
"But we are both from Luanchuan! We both grew up in Luanchuan! Haven't you heard when you were a child that you can't pick up money at night, and you can't touch it either!!"
"Someone in my village once picked up someone who stayed overnight to touch money! Then they all died!"
