When it comes to the hobbies of the elderly, collection is relatively common. For example, ancient calligraphy and painting porcelain and the like. Well, first, these antiquities have historical precipitation, and second, these antiquities can be said to be older and more valuable, which is very suitable for being heirlooms. What we are talking about today is a great uncle who loves to collect.
The uncle's name is Jiang Jichun, who lives in Wuhan, Hubei Province, and his biggest hobby is collecting ancient coins. When you're fine, head to the local antique market. This hobby was not unusual. However, on that day 8 years ago, because of the ancient coins he collected, Uncle Jiang was imprisoned and ate a criminal lawsuit, and the crime was not light.
According to Uncle Jiang, as early as 1997, he was bent on sending his son to the United States to study abroad, and he gave everything for this. With the support of Uncle Jiang, his son finally went abroad smoothly. However, after people send it out, the worries are not over, in the eyes of the old man, sending some gifts to the people around the son can help the son make more friends and expand the social circle. Thinking about it, the old man thought of ancient coins.
Ancient coins are old things, have cultural value, artistic value, and are not expensive, one or twenty yuan can buy a pound of Northern Song money, used to give gifts, that is the best. He first sent a small batch of ancient coins to his son, did not expect that as soon as he sent them, this matter began to have some subtle changes, and his son not only used ancient coins to expand his social circle, but also expanded his wallet and began to sell directly in the United States.
Ancient cultural relics are taken out of the country, which does not sound quite right. But Uncle Jiang thought in his heart that he could help his son earn some extra money, so he sent it again and again, and the amount became larger and larger, and a series of troubles finally came, and the staff of Wuhan Customs came to the door.
According to the relevant regulations, the export of mailed cultural relics is not declared to the customs, whether it is hidden or not, it is a smuggling act, and Uncle Jiang has never declared it. At that time, after appraisal, the 171 korean ancient coins sent out by Uncle Jiang belonged to general cultural relics, and Wuhan Customs made an administrative penalty for confiscating the ancient coins involved in the case. At that time, Uncle Jiang still didn't understand it, after all, it was a thing of one or twenty yuan and a pound.
After being punished this time, Uncle Jiang was still not dead hearted, and Wuhan did not allow mailing, so Uncle Jiang ran to Xi'an, Zhengzhou and other places. Uncle Jiang was in Zhengzhou, Henan Province, and sent 31 ancient coins to his son. Although the number is small, things are much more serious than ever.
From this letter sent by Uncle Jiang to the United States, the Customs Anti-Smuggling Bureau found 23 Ming Dao coins from the Warring States and 8 Qianyuan heavy treasures from the Tang Dynasty. Because it is a cultural relic, they attach special importance to it, and immediately entrusted the Henan Provincial Cultural Relics Appraisal Committee under the Henan Provincial Cultural Relics Bureau to make an appraisal of these ancient coins.
When the appraisal result is a third-class cultural relic. The Zhengzhou Customs Anti-Smuggling Bureau immediately traced the source of the 31 ancient coins, and as a result, they found many letters with ancient coins, a total of 19 pieces. Among them, 987 ancient coins were carried, which were identified as general cultural relics.
These nineteen letters can only be regarded as ordinary smuggling acts, and are not suspected of smuggling cultural relics. However, this amount is so large that it still attracts the attention of this anti-smuggling bureau. This investigation found Uncle Jiang, but he used a lot of fake names and fake addresses.
In their view, this Uncle Jiang not only smuggled 31 third-class cultural relics, but also wantonly smuggled more than 900 general cultural relics and disguised himself. They seriously suspect that Uncle Jiang is smuggling state cultural relics for illegal profits. So in March 2009, when Uncle Jiang was once again preparing to mail ancient coins, Uncle Jiang was caught on the spot.
After being arrested at that time, Uncle Jiang even cried out that he had been wronged, and the 8 Qianyuan heavy treasures were bought at the price of 5 yuan a piece in the market that year. As for the 23 Ming Dao coins, the price of one at that time did not exceed 100 yuan. In Uncle Jiang's view, how could this be a precious cultural relic. Qianyuan heavy treasure and Ming dao coin can be found casually in the market. However, the Customs Anti-Smuggling Bureau reminds that the preciousness of cultural relics is not necessarily equal to the value.
The Anti-Smuggling Bureau sought out the Henan Cultural Relics Appraisal Committee for appraisal. Uncle Jiang was still unconvinced by this, he felt that the committee sought by the Anti-Smuggling Bureau was not authoritative enough, and the experts involved in the appraisal were not experts specializing in ancient coins, so he did not approve of this conclusion.
That is why the Court terminated the hearing after the first hearing. After that, the court entrusted an institution in Shaanxi Province to re-appraise the 31 ancient coins involved in the case, and this time the appraisal results were all general cultural relics, and the basis for the determination of this institution was the excavation of ancient coins, the amount of existence on the market and the degree of rarity.
After arriving at the new appraisal opinion, because the opinions were completely different, for the sake of prudence, the court then went to the Henan Provincial Cultural Relics Appraisal Committee for review. This time it was 5 experts, and their results were different from the previous two. 5 experts believe that 11 of them are designated as general cultural relics, of which 20 are kept intact Ming Dao coins, they believe that they have a certain value for the study of the economy, monetary system and potential culture of the Warring States period, so they should be designated as third-level cultural relics.
This time the number of third-level cultural relics is small, Uncle Jiang is still particularly unconvinced, he once again applied to the court for re-appraisal, and this time the appraisal waited for another year, the court at that time entrusted the Henan Zhenbao Art Relics Calligraphy and Painting Judicial Appraisal Institute, their appraisal conclusion is that all are general cultural relics.
Of the 4 appraisals, 2 appraisals were general cultural relics, so Uncle Jiang was approved to be released on guarantee pending further investigation. After spending 810 days in the detention center, Uncle Jiang was released on guarantee pending further investigation. Three years after Uncle Jiang returned, the appraisal committee of the State Administration of Cultural Heritage made an appraisal of the 31 ancient coins involved in the case. The result of the appraisal was a general cultural relic, so the procuratorate decided to withdraw the indictment, and the Zhengzhou Customs Anti-Smuggling Bureau also withdrew the case. That is to say, Uncle Jiang was completely innocent.
Although Uncle Jiang's smuggling behavior does not constitute a crime, it still violates our country's customs law. The Anti-Smuggling Bureau imposed an administrative penalty on Uncle Jiang for confiscating 1212 ancient coins involved in the case. Uncle Jiang said that he was at fault, and he confessed the mistake, but because of the results of the appraisal, the old man was detained for 810 days, and Uncle Jiang applied for compensation.