There is a class of coins in the ancient coins of the mainland that the Quan family called "pre-Qin coins", in fact, it is a concept of time, referring to the historical period from the Paleolithic period to 221 BC, the numismatic community will be minted and issued in this period of the currency collectively referred to as "pre-Qin coins", which spans a very long time, and the types of coins minted are also extremely complex, both primitive shell coins, there are also strange shaped cloth coins, knife coins, fish coins, bridge coins, and the earliest square hole round coins. Recently, Guquan has been taking stock of the Chinese coins that have just created records in 2021 in the past, and today I will take you to know the world's most expensive "six-character knife" in 2021, which was finally sold for 1.5525 million in the spring auction of Beijing Poly 2021, and also won the crown of the most expensive knife coin of the year!
"Six-character knife" is the quanjie of the Warring States • Qi Jianbang long legalized knife coin collective name, because its coin surface has six Chinese characters and named, there are three-character knives, four-character knives, five-character knives, which is the legal tender of the State of Qi in the Warring States period, in this series of currencies to count the six-character knife is the rarest, according to the famous ancient numismatist Mr. Zhu Huo in the "Ancient Money New Classic" record, according to a large number of archaeological excavations, the number of six-character knives only accounts for about 0.3% of the total number of Qi knives, Gu quanjun also checked the relevant records of the global open market, The six-character knife has only appeared 25 times in the world, including 19 times in China and 6 times abroad, and its preciousness is self-evident!
Warring States · Qi State "Qi return to the state of the long knife" back "on the " six-character knife
Transaction price: 1.5525 million yuan (the world's most expensive knife coin in 2021)
Beijing Poly Spring Auction 2021 - Coin Special Lot No. 13133
Warring States · Qi State "Qi Hui Bang long knife" on the back "on" a piece, the coin is 186.1 mm long, weight: 44.1 grams, the back of the knife body has a "up", refers to the batch of coinage, see also back "star day", "grass", "Hua", "Bu", etc., it is said that this coin is to celebrate the restoration of the State of Qi and specially minted commemorative coins, the existence is extremely rare, ranked among the fifty treasures of ancient Chinese coins, the coin surface is covered with mottled green rust, the local edge and the bottom plate of the depression have accumulated soil, the rust color is green and beautiful, the appearance is primitive and beautiful, The coin in Beijing Poly 2021 autumn auction site, estimated: 880,000-1 million yuan, before the auction is favored by senior experts, go to the scene to see the preview of many people, the auction process at the scene is also extremely fierce, and finally sold at 1.5525 million, becoming the most expensive knife coin in 2021, but also ranked second in the historical transaction record of the coin.