Chapter 391: Daqi Tongbao (1)
Since meeting Mr. Chu, Fang You has been receiving new knowledge of antiques every day. Mr. Chu’s personal teaching and his self-study in books have made him more and more knowledgeable about antiques.
Fang You also cherished this hard-won opportunity. Even when he arrived in Pingzhou last time, he carried several books given to him by Mr. Chu. These books were not given by Mr. Chu. They were books that were systematically verified and could only be studied at a certain stage after he had learned.
During the Warring States Period, countries used different coins, such as the Changle Knife coins, shovel coins, etc. unearthed from the tombs of the Warring States Period. After the Qin Dynasty unified the six countries, it unified the currency, using gold as the upper coins and round square-hole copper coins as the lower coins. So far, copper coins have been used by various dynasties in China for more than 2,000 years.
The copper coins are round on the outside and square on the inside, which cope with the legend that people in ancient times believed that the sky is round and the place is round. Therefore, the copper coins come from this and are also nicknamed Brother Kong Fang by people.
Fang You gradually followed Ye Yuqing, but looked at the couple of copper coins over and over again. Such powerful aura could pour out, so the age of the copper coins was definitely extraordinary.
Some of the copper coins looked extremely new, some were engraved with Qianlong Tongbao and some were engraved with Kangxi Tongbao. Even if Fang You did not use escape technique to watch, he knew that these copper coins were newly released, a product worth three yuan.
Suddenly, Fang You's eyes were placed on one of the copper coins. The copper coins were hidden on the back of the bow below the purse, and it looked faintly visible, as if the person who made the purse was afraid that others would see it.
However, this looming appearance, paired with the purse pendant, makes people feel a different beauty. Fang You then picked up the pendant. Brother Kong Fang, with some copper embroidery, came into his eyes, which made him shake his head and smile. No wonder he was hiding behind the bow. The appearance of the copper coins was seen by others. I am afraid that the purse would not be sold.
Fang You picked up the bow under the purse and looked carefully. There was copper rust, which proved that the copper coins were old. He was still very clear about this. Antiques cannot be regarded as appearance. Many priceless objects are in rags.
Just like the Ru kiln fragments he found in the antique shop of Tiegong Li Biao in Liuzhou, he was pieced together on the flower pot, which looked very ugly. However, this piece of fragment that others didn't care about was worth 200,000 yuan, and Fang You bought only 300 yuan, but this big pot was left in the antique shop for a long time, which shows how important it is to sell it compared to ordinary antique players.
Fang You smiled helplessly. Even if he was himself, he could not get rid of this habit. When he saw this copper coin, he did have a terrible reaction. If he hadn't used the escape technique to discover that the wallet was unique, he would have glanced at the copper coin. It was nothing more than just the perfect mind in his heart.
After a closer look, this copper coin is not very ragged, and it is still very complete overall, but there is some copper rust on it. When he was in Liuzhou for express delivery to collect copper coins, there were countless copper coins with broken legs missing.
But he only selected some complete copper coins at that time and paid hundreds of oceans for it. Looking back now, those Qianlong Tongbao were only goods worth a few dollars each.
The front was close to the bow. What he was looking at now was just the back without any words. Then, Fang You took the bow to his eyes and looked at the words on the copper coin through the gap.
The other copper coins full of hanging decorations are just decorations cast with modern craftsmanship, but this copper coins have a little bit of old objects.
He used the escape technique and glanced at the copper coin for a few seconds. A huge spiritual energy appeared in his body without any surprise. It can be proved that this copper coin is the source of spiritual energy.
To prove this, Fang You looked at the copper coin carefully through the gap. The first thing he saw was a word Tong. The words on this copper coin were much clearer than some of the copper coins he had seen. You can tell at a glance what character it was.
This stroke of the general character looks long horizontal strokes, while the straight strokes are very short, and the overall shape is rectangular. However, it is a common official script in ancient times, which is one of the most solemn fonts in ancient times.
The copper coins cast since the Tang Dynasty were basically named Tongbao, with the emperor's reign of the casting period being added in front.
Turning his eyes upwards, Fang You saw a big word that was looming. He was a little confused. Since he learned antiques, he was very familiar with the reign names of ancient emperors, but he had never heard of the reign names of emperors starting with big ones.
Perhaps it may have been cast by some unknown dynasties. Fang You thought in his mind that with spiritual energy, it can be proved that it is an old object. As for the real era, you have to wait until you finish reading the four-character official script of copper coins. If you can't think of it at that time, you can only use the escape technique to watch the color of spiritual energy, or look for Mr. Chu.
"Little Youzi, what are you thinking behind? You are so fascinated." Ye Yuqing saw Fang You slow down and looked behind her with some displeasure. She saw that the boy was holding the purse he gave and watching seriously. This made her feel completely displeased and she asked with a smile.
Fang You smiled softly. Just as he was about to speak, his eyes were stunned on the words below the big characters. He just felt confused when he saw the big characters, but the not surprising official script text below made him a little stunned and his face full of incredible appearance.
He originally thought that this might be an ordinary old object, but it was just a long time ago, but this word made him shocked. This copper coin was not only unusual, but it can be said that it was extremely precious and priceless.
This character is a traditional Chinese character Qi in official script. The words on the entire copper coins are connected, which is the Great Qi Tongbao. It is this character Qi that makes huge waves surging in Fang You's heart.
Among the books related to copper coins given by Mr. Chu, in addition to the history of the development of coins in various generations, the fifty treasures of ancient Chinese coins are emphasized.
These fifty ancient coins can be said to be extremely rare and very precious. Some even cannot find a complete coin across the country. They can only masturbate with incomplete objects.
The Great Qi Tongbao is even more rare among these fifty treasures. There are only two remaining coins in the whole country, and these two copper coins are incomplete. One is missing on the upper right side of one, which is called the missing corner by the antique coin industry. The other is discovered by the ancient spring expert Dai Baoting and another child kicking in a rural area. The ancient spring among ancient spring scholars means ancient coins. Because the ancient pronunciation money is connected to the spring, and because the currency circulates like spring water, modern ancient coin scholars also call others the ancient spring experts.
Although the Daqi Tongbao discovered by the two of them did not lack horns, it was used by children to make shuttlecocks, so four small holes were drilled on it, which was called the Four-eyed Daqi.
Later, this four-eyed Daqi was collected by a famous collector and hidden in a secret room. It is never shown to anyone, which shows the preciousness of Daqi Tongbao.
"Little Wanderer, little Wanderer..." Ye Yuqing called Fang You a few times, but found that Fang You seemed to have passed by stupidly. She stared at the purse blankly. Her heart was immediately full of doubts and slowly wandered towards the side.
Seeing this, Xiao Yiyi also had an objection. She pouted and ran to Fang You, pulled his clothes hard, and said dissatisfiedly: "Bad uncle, wake up, you can fall asleep no matter how you walk."
Fang You then woke up from the shock, and looked at the copper coin with a little excitement, and a little glad.
"Xiao Yiyi, I'm not asleep. Didn't you see my eyes open?" Fang You looked at Xiao Yiyi's dissatisfied expression and immediately smiled and pinched her face.
"I haven't fallen asleep, so why don't you ignore us?" Xiao Yiyi didn't plan to let Fang You go so easily.
Fang You smiled gently and shook his wallet, "Because I found a good thing."
"I'm not fooled by you." Xiao Yiyi curled her mouth and turned her face away.
Ye Yuqing was a little worried and asked softly: "Little Wanderer, what happened just now, why did a purse make you so fascinated."
"Hehe, Yuqing, it's not that the purse fascinates me, but the jewelry on the purse. Come on, look at the copper coin, what words are written on it." Fang You smiled and pointed to the copper coin on the bow on the purse and said.
"Da Qi Tongbao, I remember that the currency of Qi seems to be a knife coins. Didn't the copper coins be issued after the Qin Dynasty unified the six kingdoms? Is this fake?" Ye Yuqing saw the font on it effortlessly, and then frowned and said.
Fang You smiled lightly and shook his head, "Yuqing, it seems that you don't know much about copper coins. What appears on copper coins is the year name, not the country name."
"The Great Qi is the year name of a country. This country was established in the late Tang and early Song dynasties. It can be said that Chinese people are well-known to them, but some people do not know them. During this period, it was extremely chaotic, warlords were separatist, and countries were established everywhere, and they were later called the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms."
"The Tongbao of the Great Qi was cast by Li Sheng, the king of the Southern Tang Dynasty. Because Li Sheng's adoptive father Xu Wen was the commander of the tent of the vassal king of the late Tang Dynasty, and launched a coup to assist the second son of the King of Wu, Yang Long, to ascend the throne of the King of Wu. After his death, he was named King of Qi. Therefore, after Li Sheng abolished the contemporary emperor of the Southern Wu, Yang Pu and obtained the Southern Wu regime, he changed the name of the country to the Southern Tang Dynasty and the name of the country was Daqi."
Fang You smiled, "This is the origin of Daqi's copper coins." If it weren't for the fact that the fifty treasures of ancient Chinese coins had just passed, I'm afraid that even if Daqi Tongbao was placed directly in front of him, he would have ignored it and regarded it as an ordinary copper coins. This was the blessing in Fang You's heart just now.
Chapter completed!