What kind of coin do you see the most written coins? Some people will think of mountain ghosts spending money, which has 27 words of incantations: thunder and thunder, killing ghosts and descending spirits, slaying demons to ward off evil spirits, forever protecting the gods, and serving the old prince of Taishang who is anxious as the law.
Mountain ghost spending money is not flowing through the pressure of winning money, and now it is more and more expensive. The other kind of copper dollar that flows through, the number of words is not too much, it is also very expensive, and even the price of good products has exceeded the xuansan silver coins.
This is the Sichuan "living too high" copper dollar during the Republic of China period.
Sichuan Provincial Manufacturing Center "Chuan" Side Casting 100 Texts PCGS BN level highest score MS63
2020 autumn auction transaction price: 97750 yuan
The upper and lower ends of the obverse of this copper dollar are written with the words "Nineteen years of the Republic of China, each piece is one hundred texts"; the words "edge, casting" are engraved on the right and left sides; and a "Chuan" character is engraved in the center circle.
On the back, inside the two rings, is a twelve-character inscription with the inscription "Where the life is too high, please cast this cheap price".
"Living too high"? Is it to appeal to the people, petition the cost of living is very high, to give the people a way to live? In fact, on the contrary, let's talk about the background of its appearance.
Rating: PCGS AU50 2020 Autumn Auction Transaction Price: 47150 yuan
In 1925, the three major warlords of the Baoding clan: Deng Xihou, Tian Songyao, and Liu Wenhui, led their respective large armies into the Chuanzhong Plain. Leading soldiers is very "burning money", what to do? They all took advantage of a regulation.
This is the "National Currency Regulation" of the central government during the Republic of China period, that is, local warlords can mint coins and pay military salaries.
So the warlord ran out of money and built it himself!
Collectors White and Bowers family handed over PCGS XF45 points Transaction price: 40250 yuan
And now because of the scarcity of the stock, this copper dollar has become a large honorary product, the slightly better quality is a little larger than tens of thousands of yuan, the top score can even reach the high price of hundreds of thousands. Looking back at history, I can't help but sigh, many coins and famous items worth cherishing are written behind the blood and tears of the common people.....