Jianbao life

Chapter 203 Silver Coins
Chu Chen put the bowl on the table, and said to Wen Xuelan: "This should be a blue and white Yunlong bowl fired by the official kiln during the Yongzheng period. It's scratched and has some minor scratches, so it's definitely worth a discount."

Wen Xuelan quickly asked: "How much money can I have?"

Chu Chen thought for a while, and said, "According to the degree of scratches and scratches on this bowl, it's about [-], how about it?"

He has already calculated this price based on the highest purchase price in the current market. If he buys it back at this price, he will sell it now, and it will not be much more than 3.

Of course, according to the price of antiques, it will definitely increase in the future, but it is impossible to let him buy this bowl at the future price. There must be a limit to doing good deeds, otherwise the money will be over.

"Well, I think it's very good, and my grandma should agree."

This bowl is worth [-] yuan, which is really a surprise to Wen Xuelan, but when she thinks that something that could have been worth [-] to [-] yuan has lost nearly half of it due to improper storage, she can't help but feel distressed.

After a while, Mrs. Wen walked in with a cloth bag. As soon as she came in, she eagerly asked the price of the bowl. When she heard that it was [-] yuan, she couldn't help but be overjoyed. Of course, Chu Chen didn't tell her the original price. The price, otherwise she must be more distressed than Wen Xuelan.

"Young man, see if there are any of these things you need." Mrs. Wen took out the things in her pocket one by one and put them on the table.

But the first thing startled the girls present, and Cheng Wanhui almost cried out in fright. She is usually most afraid of things like snakes, frogs, and spiders, and it was a toad in front of her. .

"Grandma, where did you find this thing? It scared me to death." Wen Xuelan said, patting her chest.

Old lady Wen said with a smile: "What's so scary about this thing? When your grandfather was alive, he often used it to hold water."

Chu Chen chuckled and said, "Grandma Wen is right, this thing is the water container in the stationery, a container used to hold water."

Zhao Heyan frowned and said: "Since it's for water, it's not good to make it look good, why make such an ugly toad." Obviously she doesn't like this toad too much.

Chu Chen explained with a smile: "This toad is not simple. I don't know if you have heard the allusion of "Liu Hai plays the golden toad"?"

The allusion of Liu Hai playing Jin Chan is well-known, and of course Zhao Heyan and the others have also heard of it.

According to legend, Liu Hai, a disciple of Lv Dongbin, has a profound skill and likes to travel around the world, subdue demons and subdue demons, and give alms to benefit the world.

One day, he subdued the golden toad goblin who had been endangering the people for many years. In the process, the golden toad was injured and broke one of his feet, so only three feet remained in the future.Since then, Jin Chan surrendered to Liu Hai's family. In order to redeem his crimes, Jin Chan used his unique skills to bite into gold and silver treasures to help Liu Hai benefit the world, help the poor, and distribute money.So people call it the lucky toad.

"Cousin, you say this thing is a golden toad? Isn't that too ugly?"

"It wasn't ugly at first. This golden toad should have been made of gold-plated copper, but it was not well maintained, and the gold on its body fell off, so it became what it is now. If it is gold-plated again, It must look much better than now." Chu Chen laughed.

"Brother Chu, why does my golden toad have four legs?" At this moment, Cheng Wanhui asked curiously.

Chu Chen was stunned for a moment, and said, "Why does the golden toad have four legs? Is it common sense that the golden toad has three legs?"

Cheng Wanhui said awkwardly: "Well, my dad invited a golden toad back the day before yesterday, and it has four legs."

Zhao Heyan laughed when she heard the words: "Needless to say, your dad must have been cheated by others again. Xiaohui, your dad is also stupid enough, he always doesn't have a long memory, what did he spend tens of thousands on last time?" Trick Wealthy dragon tortoise, after I came back, I showed my dad a look, it was just a handicraft of a few hundred yuan, and this time I bought a four-legged golden toad, my dad would probably die laughing when he heard it."

"Xiaoyan, don't talk about my dad like that, and I won't talk to you anymore."

Seeing the posture of the two of them, maybe they were going to fight again, Chu Chen quickly said: "Okay, you two don't fight. Grandma Wen, this thing is just like this, and it counts as five thousand. What do you think?"

Old Mrs. Wen said with a smile on her face, "Okay, okay, at the price you said, you can take a look at these two things."

The remaining two things are also stationery, an ink color mountain watermark box, and a writing brush.

Printing box, also known as printing dowry, is a stationery utensil containing ink pad.Most are oblate and small in size, including copper, porcelain, agate, ivory, jade, etc. Porcelain is the best.

The ancients had "color printing pool, but porcelain is the most suitable. If pottery, it consumes oil. Copper and tin are rusty. Jade, crystal and firing materials all have the disadvantage of moisture, which greatly harms printing and color. Recently, stone is used as it, and it is also not applicable."

This ink-colored mountain watermark box has a tightly closed female mouth cover and a step-down ring foot. It has an elegant shape, a more rigorous fetal bone, and a pure glaze.The cover is painted with ink and colorful landscapes, the painting is smooth, quite ornamental, and has a certain collection value. The market value should be around [-].

Chu Chen didn't hesitate too much, and directly offered Mrs. Wen a price of [-]. Of course, Mrs. Wen would not object to this price.

The last thing is the most common writing brush among stationery supplies, and this writing brush also made Chu Chen's eyes shine.

This writing brush should have been made in the middle of the Qing Dynasty. The whole brush is made of ivory, and the material is neat and excellent.The body of the pen is lightly engraved with the two immortals of Hehe, lined with rocks, trees, ganoderma lucidum, etc., and the case of the pen is engraved with double deer, rocks, and trees.The shallow engraving is exquisite in craftsmanship and the brushwork is smooth.Moreover, this writing brush has no traces of use, which is quite rare.

Chu Chen tried the brush for a while, and said with a smile, "Grandma Wen, it seems that your family has been a scholarly family from generation to generation."

Mrs. Wen said with some pride, "That's right, my family used to be a servant of the household department, but now they are senior officials at the level of deputy ministers."

Chu Chen nodded with a smile and said, "That's really remarkable. Do you have any other supplies besides these three? For example, inkstones and the like."

Old Mrs. Wen shook her head, and said apologetically, "I used to have them, but some of the valuable things I saw were sold, and these three are the only ones left."

Hearing what Mrs. Wen said, Chu Chen couldn't help but shook his head regretfully. Judging by the posture of Mrs. Wen's house, there should be a lot of good things, but it's a pity that he knew it a little later, and it is very likely that some of his favorite things were missed. However, it is a surprise to have this rare teapot this time, so there is no need to be too regretful.

Next, the two parties set a price of 23 yuan for the writing brush. In this way, the total of the few items today is [-]. Chu Chen drafted the contract and both parties signed it. Just wait for Zhao Qirui to bring the money over. .

"Young man, I wonder if you accept "Yuan Datou"?"

"Big head Yuan?"

Chu Chen was a little taken aback when he heard the words, he really didn't like this thing very much, the ordinary "Yuan Datou" on the market is only around 78, and the "Longyang" is only around [-], the price of this thing is almost dead, Only with a large quantity can he make more money. He really doesn't want to do this kind of business.

"Well, I have several Yuan Datou here, if you want, you can take them together."

"Okay then, let me see."

Chu Chen thought, if you are idle, you are idle, let's see, if it is a special edition, the price is not very cheap, and there are tens of thousands or hundreds of thousands of extremely rare ones.

Mrs. Wen took out a dozen silver coins and put them on the table. Chu Chen took a closer look and found that most of them were ordinary Yuan Datou and a small amount of Long Yang. He didn't find any particularly rare silver coins among them, but He wasn't too disappointed. If rare ones are so easy to find, can they still be called rare?

Chu Chen counted the number of silver coins. Yuan Datou had nine and Long Yang had six, all of which were of ordinary quality, and two of Long Yang's were of poor quality.

"Grandma Wen, these are ordinary silver coins. Yuan Datou counts you as fifty, and Long Yang counts as seventy-five. There are fifteen silver coins in total, nine hundred. What do you think?"

"what?"

Chu Chen thought she disagreed, and explained: "Grandma Wen, my price is very fair. If you don't believe me, you can ask." In fact, it doesn't matter whether Chu Chen accepts these silver coins. If Mrs. Wen disagrees, then forget it .

Mrs. Wen waved her hand quickly when she heard the words, and said, "No, no, young man, you misunderstood. I am very satisfied with this price, but I counted sixteen just now. Why are there only fifteen now? What a shame!" strangeness."

After finishing speaking, Mrs. Wen began to rummage around. After searching for a while, she found that the bottom of the cloth bag was a little broken, and the silver coin was stuck in the damaged place.

"Here, I say there are sixteen coins." Mrs. Wen smiled and handed the silver coins to Chu Chen.

Chu Chen didn't pay much attention at first, thinking it was another Yuan Datou or Long Yang, but when he brought it in front of him to check the integrity, he suddenly froze.

"How is it possible that Jingchu made the "provincial" Guangxu Yuanbao Kuping seven cents and two cents silver coins?"

Jingchu made "this province" Guangxu Yuanbao Kuping seven coins and two cents silver coins, which were cast and circulated in the city by the Jingchu Silver Yuan Bureau in imitation of Lingnan silver coins. Due to obstructions and difficulty, when they were taken back and recast, the word "Bensheng" was removed, and there are only a handful of them that have not been destroyed and recast.

And the remaining silver coins are mostly worn or stamped, and completely unused items are rare.Zhang Huang, a modern coin connoisseur, numbered this coin CH133 in his book "Catalogue of Chinese Silver Dollars and Two Silver Coins", and specifically pointed out: "There is only one type of this coin, and there is no other version."
Chu Chen really couldn't believe his eyes. The silver coin in front of him was actually such a rare coin, and it was in perfect condition. It looked like a new one. This really surprised him!

(End of this chapter)