In the city came a rural Uncle Zheng, who claimed to be 85 years old and had 30 ancient coins in his hand, which he accidentally found when he was digging the foundation of his hometown.
These ancient coins look very old, some are Yuan Datou, some are Guangxu Yuanbao. In an interview, the old man said very frankly that he did not know how much the ancient coins were worth, but wanted to exchange them for cash.
The old man was very simple, saying that he did not have the luxury of exchanging much money, and that an ancient coin could be exchanged for more than a dozen dollars or twenty dollars.
Relying on the numbers alone, the requirements of the elderly are indeed not high. He had thought that he had gone to the bank and would soon be able to exchange it, but when he came to the counter, the bank staff looked at his ancient coins and were startled.
Speaking of this, Uncle Zheng paused, everyone was curious, wanted to know how the exchange results were, the old man was helpless to explain that the bank staff refused to exchange with him.
The reason given by the bank staff is very helpless, they do not know the ancient coins, can not distinguish between true and false, do not dare to take matters of unknown origin on behalf of the bank.
If they directly accept the ancient coins, not only do they have no merit, but they may be investigated by their superiors and even bear some responsibilities because they have received the ancient coins without authorization.
This is something they are not willing to accept at all, so Uncle Zheng can only leave with the ancient coins, and cannot directly exchange them at the bank.
The onlookers listened to Uncle Zheng's words and felt sorry for him. At this time, someone asked Uncle Zheng whether the bank was unwilling to collect it because these ancient coins were fake.
Uncle Zheng did not push three or four, very happy to take out the ancient coins, let everyone help identify. A few onlookers, who seemed to be more knowledgeable, took an ancient coin from his hand, blew it with his mouth, and then put it in his ear to listen to the sound.
The conclusions given by everyone are basically similar, saying that the ancient coins taken by Uncle Zheng are fake. Uncle Zheng did not want to believe this result, and he had to say that his ancient coins were the real thing.
So, relying on sound to distinguish the authenticity of ancient coins, is it unreliable? In many film and television works, people who collect money often use the method of blowing air to listen to the sound of ancient coins and judge the authenticity of ancient coins.
In fact, such a method does have a certain reference value. Real ancient coins, after blowing hard, will produce some more peculiar sounds, counterfeit coins do not have this effect.
However, this method is not 100% correct. Considering that the onlookers are not professional appraisers, the reporter took Uncle Zheng to an antique shop and asked the experienced shopkeeper to help see if it was true or false.
The owner is a warm-hearted person, after helping Uncle Zheng to identify, very objectively said that these ancient coins are indeed fake, there are three reasons.
First, the color of the ancient coins brought by Uncle Zheng is not normal, and when put together with the real ancient coins, the difference can be seen quickly.
Second, the ancient coins brought by Uncle Zheng, the knocking sound is not normal, compared with the real ancient coins, it sounds strange.
Third, Uncle Zheng's ancient coins weighed not enough, and the real Yuan Datou was about 27 grams. The ancient coins that Uncle Zheng took were only 23 grams, which should not be something made of silver.
When helping Uncle Zheng identify the authenticity of ancient coins, the shopkeeper also stressed that in recent years, there have been many counterfeit ancient coins on the market, and if you are not careful, you will buy fakes, so people who are interested in ancient coins must be careful not to buy easily, so as not to be deceived.
The owner's identification method is very objective, even if Uncle Zheng does not want to believe, he can only accept this result, the onlookers have long determined that the ancient coins he took are fakes, and the conclusion of the shopkeeper is not very unexpected.
Some people speculate that Uncle Zheng may have deliberately taken fake goods to fool people. Some people also speculate that Uncle Zheng looks very simple and should not have deliberately deceived people. What do you think about that?