Yuan Datou was one of the main circulating currencies in the Republic of China period, "Yuan Datou" is a colloquial colloquial name for the Yuan Shikai statue series of coins, strictly called "Yuan Shikai like back Jiahe silver coin".
Foreword: For the silver dollar, I believe many people know that one of them is "Yuan Datou", the popularity of this silver dollar is still very high, many people also have some understanding of it, in general, with the development of the times, the collection value of this silver dollar is very high. In the collection circle, there has always been an enduring collection value. However, after someone found more than a hundred Yuan Datou, he actually caused a lawsuit.
The renovation of the house found 128 Yuan Datou
It happened in Kaihua County, Zhejiang Province in 2015. In the process of renovating the old house in his home, a farmer surnamed Zhan found that there was a steel pipe in the wall of the old courtyard of the home, and there were more than a hundred silver dollars hidden. After the identification of the people in the village, it was unanimously believed that this was Yuan Datou and had a high collection value.
This incident also caused a great sensation at that time, after all, a total of 128 Yuan Datou were indeed valuable in the current collection market. But everyone had their own ideas about these Yuan Datou, and the farmers they found together also wanted a piece of the pie, which eventually led them to court. However, it has to be said that the mainland has clear regulations, and the discovery of cultural relics belongs to the property of the state. When private individuals find out, they also need to hand these over to the state. And everyone went to compete for these Yuan Datou, which also expanded the influence of this matter, and directly let them hand over these silver dollars to the state.
The value of these silver dollar collections is not small
Many people may still have some ignorance of Yuan Datou, and this silver dollar is mainly a common currency in the Republic of China period. In the early days of the Republic of China for a long time, its collection value is high, mainly because its silver content is particularly high, compared with other silver dollars, its silver content, according to expert research is as high as 82%, which does have a high collection value in silver dollars, and even if it is measured and sold with the price of silver, its price is also very high in the same type of silver dollar.
And under normal circumstances, we do not measure its value by silver content, but because of the sharp decline in its collection, because it has undergone a melting process before. In order to extract more silver, a lot of Yuan Datou was melted later, which also led to a decrease in its existence. In the world of collecting, it is true that things are rare and expensive, so this kind of Yuan Datou has now become the leader in silver dollars.
There are many versions, and the ordinary version also has about 700 yuan
When casting Yuan Datou, it was divided into four stages, and its collection value would be different in different stages of the Republic of China period. In addition to this, in fact, it has many different versions, and there are many differences between these versions, and the most famous of them should belong to the signature version, because this one is relatively small in number and circulation is also small. So now the price of one piece can reach about 80,000 yuan.
The price of each version will be different, and for the general public, the general access may be the ordinary version, Zhejiang farmer Zhan a family pipe, the found Yuan Datou silver dollar should also be this version, even the most common version, the price is also around 700 silver dollars, 128 pieces, the total price is about 90,000 yuan, of course, this is only according to the minimum standard estimate, if there are some special versions of the 128 silver dollars The price will be higher.
To sum up: for such cultural relics dug up in the home of individuals, there are actually clear legal provisions that belong to the state. Therefore, when you have these cultural relics at home, you can hand them over to the state and let the experts do research and use, which will be more valuable.
References: "Regulations on national currency", "Shangshu Zhoushu, The Fate of the Microzi", "Yuan Datou and other silver dollar professional research materials"