In most people's impressions, ancient coins generally have only two colors, brass and rust, and generally speaking, common copper coins are also these two colors. But you know what? Coins are not naked, but have "clothes". As the saying goes, "people rely on clothes to dress horses and saddles", different clothes can set off the different temperaments of people. Coins are the same, the same state of ancient money, different pulp to the collector to bring different physical enjoyment, directly affect the value of ancient coins.
Northern Song Dynasty Yuanyou Tongbao Xi Ning Zhongbao Sheng Pit
Typical red and green rust combined with coins During the Warring States period, empty cloth goods
Black lacquer ancient wrapping pulp Warring States Qi Qi fahua three-character knife
Jiaqing Tongbao Cooked pit heirloom pulp
There are many varieties of ancient coins
The rust color of the ancient coin is an important factor in attracting collectors, a small number of rust colors can not be sought, which further enhances the difficulty of collection, and even some collectors spare no effort to find rust-colored ancient coins such as the red, green and blue new mang cloth and the Northern Song Dynasty Grand View FoldIng Ten.
What exactly is it that makes coins produce so much rust color? The reporter interviewed Yu Qian, an expert in the identification of Dahe Jianbao coins and bronzes. Teacher Yu told reporters: "Under normal circumstances, the reason for the formation of rust color is related to the soil, such as raw pits, cooked pits, heirloom ancient packaging pulp, black lacquer ancient packaging pulp, golden paste, cinnabar spots, red and green rust, etc. Bronze coins excavated in various types of soil, with obvious rust and well-preserved, are called raw pits; Bronze coins unearthed for many years and played with by collectors are called cooked pits; The ancient pulp generally refers to the bronze coins that have not entered the pit, and the surface is basically no rust color; The black lacquer ancient pulp refers to the naturally formed black and bright color. ”
Peacock blue Tang Dynasty Kaiyuan Tongbao
Roman gold coins unearthed in Luoyang correspond to the Southern and Northern Dynasties period
During the Republic of China, gold bars
Teacher Yu introduced: "In addition to the above several common pulps, there is also a golden paste, which can be said to be the most dazzling paste. Generally speaking, such coins are basically not seriously corroded and are well preserved. The formation of this golden paste is very difficult, it must be stored in a relatively closed space, the coin body is exposed to a very small amount of oxygen, after a long period of slow oxidation for hundreds of years, in order to form a golden passivation film. ”
Teacher Yu showed the reporter ancient coins of different rust colors, the Yuanyou Tongbao and Xining Heavy Treasure of shengkeng, the Jiaqing Tongbao of the ripe pit, the Kaiyuan Tongbao of peacock blue, the Qianyuan Heavy Treasure of cinnabar spots, the empty first cloth goods of the Warring States period with red and green rust, the Warring States Qi Qifa three-character knife with black lacquered ancient pulp, the golden wrong knife of the Wang Mang period with a sword of five thousand, and dozens of ancient coins with different colors, which the reporter was dazzled to see. Among them is an ancient Roman gold coin excavated from Luoyang, which is equivalent to the Southern and Northern Dynasties period in China. "Copper coins are rusty green, silver coins are black rusty, with the exception of single gold coins." Whether it is gold cakes from the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period or even gold jewelry from earlier periods, they will not rust. In order to illustrate this point, Teacher Yu showed the reporter the gold collar of the Southern Song Dynasty, the gold bar of the Republic of China period, and the sample gold coin of the Republic of China period. The reporter saw that the surface of the gold had no rust color, just like new.
During the Republic of China period, sample gold coins
Tricolor King Mang cloth
Wear "fashion" and the price doubles
Strangely enough, what is the price of these ancient coins that wear "fashion"? The reporter saw on an auction website that at the 2018 Singapore Chinese ancient art auction a few days later, there was a "Xianfeng Heavy Baby Source Dang Ten" carved mother money, with no rust color throughout, and the same as the new, the estimated value was as high as 1.25 million Hong Kong dollars; A rust-free color "Xianfeng Yuanbao Dangbai", estimated at 970,000 Hong Kong dollars, and the same Xianfeng Yuanbao Dangbai, the general appearance of the general appearance is also hundreds of thousands of yuan, the price difference is so large that it is staggering.
Wang Mang, Jin Wrong Knife, one knife flat five thousand heirloom pulp
Western Han Golden Cake on the back
Western Han Gold Cake Front
Xianfeng Yuan Baby Spring Star Moon when a thousand carved flowers
The author found that in ancient times, there were also people who "tattooed" ancient coins, usually representing the chinese folk culture symbolizing auspicious flowers, bats, dragons, turtles and other animal patterns symbolizing auspicious and blessed life, praying for long life and wealth, dragons and phoenixes such as auspicious wishes. Teacher Yu said that when the ancients "tattooed" coins, they usually chose to refine large coins to engrave auspicious patterns as festive objects. The reporter saw a "XianfengYuan Baby Spring Star Moon When a Thousand Carved Flowers" on the Internet, which is beautiful and generous, and the quality is first-class.
"Although the pulp of the coin can increase its value, but the pulp is also the most able to counterfeit the link", Teacher Yu reminded: "When Tibetan friends enter the coin, it is not enough to just look at the pulp, but also to see the minting process, listen to the sound, the weight of the coin, the text, the pattern, the outer and inner wear and other aspects of consideration." ”
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