In recent years, the enthusiasm of the public to collect ancient coins has become higher and higher, especially the collection of ancient coins, these ancient coins are finely crafted, and more importantly, they reflect the power of science and technology and the development of an era. Ma Dingxiang is a leading figure in the field of ancient coin archaeology in China, he has witnessed the development and innovation of ancient coin collection in his lifetime, he has also trained several disciples, and made great contributions to the inheritance of Quanxue, among which the disciple named Chen Fugeng has experienced a legendary event that is enough to be recorded in the history of ancient coins.
Chen Fugeng's family is poor, working as a janitor in a factory in Shanghai, he is hard-working and studious, usually likes to read and study ancient books, especially likes to collect ancient coins, loves to hang out in the antique market, as long as he encounters something worth seeing, he will collect it as much as possible. One day in 1982, while hanging out, he met a man selling a jar of old coins, and after bargaining, Chen Fugeng bought the ancient coins for seven yuan. After returning home to clean up the coins, Chen Fugeng found that there was a coin that was particularly special, with a soft luster, with English engraved on both sides, and a dragon hovering in the center.
Chen Fugeng, who had been playing with ancient coins for many years, realized that this coin was absolutely extraordinary, so he took this coin to find his teacher, that is, Mr. Ma Dingxiang, a master of China's Quanxue Class and an expert-level figure. After careful comparison and reading a large number of ancient books, Mr. Ma Lao determined that this coin has an extraordinary origin and is a rare treasure. Then, Mr. Ma Lao told Chen Fugeng about the extraordinary features of this coin.
It turned out that this coin was the originator of China's nickel coins, "Birmingham". It was minted by the British Birmingham Mint During the Guangxu period, and Li Hongzhang realized the importance of coin reform, so he commissioned the British side to make several sample coins and bring them back to the Guangxu Emperor. Although there are only three pieces, each one is well-made and weighs a lot in the hand. However, due to the obstruction of conservatives and the obstruction of practical conditions, the reform of the currency system was also gone, and the three nickel coins were missing.
Unexpectedly, after nearly a hundred years, one of them would actually pass into Chen Fugeng's hands. For a time, Chen Fugeng became famous in quanxue, but he did not get carried away by holding this rare treasure, on the contrary, he attached great importance to the protection of this coin. The Royal Coin Society of the United Kingdom sent someone to find Chen Fugeng, saying that this coin is a National Treasure of the United Kingdom and should be collected by them, and expressed his willingness to buy this coin for 100,000 US dollars, but Chen Fugeng bluntly refused, saying: "How many national treasures has Britain robbed our country, why not return it?" ”
Later, Queen Elizabeth visited China, specially sent a request to Chen Fugeng, hoping to see the coin, Chen Fugeng after careful consideration, in order not to let the queen on the spot to leave the coin, decided to exhibit only the rubbings of the coin at the exhibition, the queen could not see this precious coin, but was deeply attracted by Chen Fugeng's story about the long history of China's ancient coins, which has also become a good story of Quan Xue.
This coin became a treasure of Chen Fugeng, but it also brought Chen Fugeng a senseless disaster. It is well known that the coin is worth thousands of gold, so many greedy and rich villains have made a conspiracy to frame Chen Fugeng in order to get this coin. In the most serious case, Chen Fugeng was kidnapped by kidnappers in his home, and then he looted all the valuable ancient coins in his home, including the originator of the nickel coin. Fortunately, under the unremitting pursuit of the police, the robbers were finally arrested, and the coin that witnessed the reform of China's nickel coins was successfully found. The boy spent 7 yuan to buy old coins, and the identification results shocked people at home and abroad, Britain: this is our national treasure!