Shen Yu frowned slightly, thinking rapidly about the appearance of various rare gold coins in his mind, and asked softly: "Do the gold coins have any unique marks, such as text symbols on the edges?"
Xu Feng scratched his head and tried to remember: "There seems to be a circle of foreign characters on the edge of the gold coin, which is curved. My nephew, I recognize the word 'DOLLARS', but I don't understand the rest at all."
Shen Yu's heart moved, and he looked at Pei Yuqin, with a vague guess in his mind.
He turned to Lao Dao and Xu Feng and said: "Senior Brother Xuanyuan, I guess I guessed a little bit.
"The gold coin that Xufeng's nephew mentioned may have been minted by the United States Mint from 1907 to 1916. Of course, it may also be the 20-dollar Eagle Gold Coin minted in 1933.
"These gold coins have a lot of history. If they are genuine, they are worth a lot of money. If they are from 1933, they can even be called top-level antiques abroad.
"But whether it is right or not, you need to see it with your own eyes and carefully screen it out. You must know that there are many fakes of foreign antiques!
"Senior brother, without further ado, let's go to Xufeng Nephew's shop to have a look."
The old Taoist nodded, glared at his nephew, and the four of them began to walk out of the temple.
Today, Shen Yu and Pei Yuqin visited Hong Kong Island and did not drive. Instead, Xuan Yuan's old friend sent a car and driver to pick him up, and it was also the latest extended version of Ghost with a 6.6T displacement.
After getting in the car, everyone didn't waste any more time and asked the driver to rush to the antique shop on Hollywood Road in Hong Kong Island.
There are two famous antique streets on Hong Kong Island, namely Hollywood Road and Upper Morrow Street.
Among them, Hollywood Road is more famous. This street, also known as Holly Street, is located from Central to Sheung Wan on Hong Kong Island, from Wan Shing Street in the east to Queen's Road West in the west. It is almost the Central and Western District of Hong Kong Island.
This place can be said to be a veritable antique street on Hong Kong Island, with more than 300 large and small antique shops selling porcelain, calligraphy and painting, jade, miscellaneous items, gold and silverware, Ming and Qing furniture, and foreign artworks.
The big store is very big, and it is not much better than the famous antique shops in the mainland.
The small stores are very small, some are only a dozen square meters, but although the store area is cramped, they are well-equipped and give off the atmosphere of a budget-conscious business.
There are also many street stalls scattered like stars. The stall owners sit on the ground, and the red velvet spread in front of them is filled with all kinds of old objects, real and fake mixed together, and picking out the missing items depends on your eyesight.
It attracted tourists and collectors to stop and explore, and the voices of bargaining came and went, making it very lively.
On the way, I learned that the shop owned by Fat Taoist Xu Feng had a very resounding name: "Rare and Rare Pavilion".
Just hearing this name, anyone will instantly picture a grand picture of a bustling city and a warehouse full of treasures in their mind, and they would expect that it must be a grand antique store with extraordinary grandeur.
Even if it is not as good as those famous top antique shops that are at the pinnacle of the industry, it must at least be spacious and majestic, with a luxurious facade with two up and two down layouts. The carved beams and painted buildings are full of ancient charm, and the doorsteps are polished by the guests who come and go. People were being welcomed and sent off, shouts and cheers were heard one after another, and it was very lively.
Along the way, Xu Feng was not idle either, and he kept talking so much that it was astonishing.
In this shop there are more than a dozen calligraphy and painting calligraphy handed down by famous people from the Ming and Qing dynasties, as well as official kiln porcelain from the third dynasty of the Qing Dynasty with fine texture and warm glaze color.
There are also various kinds of mutton-fat ancient jade that are so transparent that they can dazzle people's eyes when illuminated under a lamp.
It's as if his is not an antique shop, but a small museum, with everything you need.
Xuan Yuan's originally gloomy expression also softened a little, and the corners of his mouth even slightly raised unconsciously.
Not just thinking about it secretly in my heart.
He thought to himself that although his nephew was usually reckless, irritable and unpredictable, and would make some troubles from time to time, but if he could really run an antique shop in a sound and impressive way, he would be able to break out in the mixed antique business.
A whole world, but it can be regarded as a face for the teacher. From now on, when talking about his juniors, his own face will also have some brilliance.
However, when he arrived at the Rare Pavilion, Master Xuan Yuan's face instantly turned as black as the bottom of a pot.
It's so gloomy that you can squeeze water out of it.
All the expectations he had in his heart were gone, and he could only stare at Xu Feng coldly, with eyes that wanted to poke holes in his body.
This so-called antique shop in Xufeng is so small that it is a bit shabby.
First, I had to find a narrow wooden ladder from the large shops selling foreign oil paintings, gramophones, old records, old books, and old magazines, and then carefully climb to the second floor.
I thought I had arrived, but I found that there were five or six antique shops crowded on the second floor, which was crowded and cramped.
Xu Feng's Rare Pavilion is even more "poor" among all the small shops. The store is so narrow that the wooden plaque is missing. There is only a red paper banner posted at the door with a slightly childish regular script.
The three characters "Rare Pavilion" were written on it. When the wind blew, it swayed, as if it could be swept away at any time.
Everyone pushed the door open and walked in. The space in the store was cramped, only about ten square meters at full capacity.
Because they are too narrow, the antique shelves are all specially made and extremely narrow in width, which can barely guarantee that the antiques will not fall.
In addition, there are too many objects, giving people the feeling that they will knock over a piece if they are not careful.
There are only three shelves in the entire shop, with ancient books, porcelain, and miscellaneous items standing crookedly. There is also a glass cabinet in the corner, which contains dozens of ancient coins and more than a dozen pendants.
Kind of little bits and pieces.
It was dim and lackluster, not at all as jewel-like as Xu Feng boasted.
Upon seeing this, Old Taoist Xuan Yuan's anger suddenly jumped up to his forehead. The fire he had been holding all the way suddenly burst out, and he yelled angrily: "What a shame, you Xu Feng! The blows you made along the way were so miraculous that they were all empty words."
?Look at this store, it doesn’t look anything like what you said? Our Immortality Guan will be completely embarrassed by you!"
Here, the old Taoist blew his beard and stared, but over there, Shen Yu seemed to be pulled by an invisible thread, his eyes firmly fixed on the glass cabinet in the corner.
I saw a bronze statue of "Bangs Playing with a Golden Toad" placed on it. The disheveled Taoist Liu Haichan teased a three-legged golden toad with a full face, looking naive and humorous.
Three inches above the golden toad, a ball of dark blue precious light like pebbles slowly emerged from the bronze vessel and surged slowly.
Seeing this, Shen Yu secretly marveled in his heart, and a trace of surprise flashed in his eyes. He didn't expect that Xufeng's shop would actually have a real antique from the early Ming Dynasty!
To be precise, it is a magic weapon.
Otherwise there would be no precious light the size of a pebble!
The dark blue Baoguang is proven to be an antique from the early Ming Dynasty.
The allusion of "bangs playing with golden toad" is well-known among the people and is passed down from word to mouth.
According to legend, if you play with the golden toad with your bangs, the golden toad will spit out money and make you rich. Therefore, the auspicious saying "play with the golden toad with your bangs, and catch money every step of the way" is derived.
Moreover, the golden toad is a spiritual creature from the fairy palace, which means good luck. Toad and twine are also the same pronunciation, symbolizing wealth and prosperity.