Chapter 207

Other people on the scene, seeing that Chu Chen's expression was surprised, kept looking at the silver coin. Finally, they took out a magnifying glass and looked at it carefully. They were all curious. Is this silver coin very precious?

When Chu Chen finally confirmed the authenticity of the silver coin and put down her magnifying glass, Zhao Heyan quickly asked, "cousin, how can you see this silver coin for such a long time? Is it rare?"

Chuchen replied with a smile: "of course, it's rare. This kind of silver coin is also called" Bensheng "silver coin. It's different from the ordinary Jingchu Guangxu silver coin. The word" Bensheng "is added on both sides of the dragon picture on the back of this kind of silver coin, which is the only example in our country's coin history."

"Moreover, after the issue at that time, because of the difficulty in circulation, the people did not accept it. As a result, it could only be quickly withdrawn from circulation and destroyed for recasting. Few of them have survived to this day."

"That's it

Zhao Heyan listened to Chu Chen's explanation, took the silver coin to her hand, looked at the other silver coins next to her for a while, and said, "isn't this silver coin? It's almost the same weight. How can it be difficult to circulate? "

Chuchen said with a smile: "this is because you don't understand the special situation at that time. I'll tell you what happened when I have time."

During the reign of Guangxu in the Qing Dynasty, the shortage of copper raw materials became more and more obvious since the Xianfeng Dynasty, which led to the instability of the exchange rate between copper casting money and silver, and rapidly developed to the trend of "money is expensive and silver is cheap". In only two years from the 20th to the 22nd year of the reign of Emperor Guangxu, the silver dollar dropped from 1200 Wen to 840 Wen.

This situation has caused confusion and uneasiness in the field of circulation. Therefore, under the leadership of Zhang Zhidong, then governor of Huguang, Jingchu Mint issued this kind of special silver coin with the word "province" on the back, which was used to stabilize the exchange price of money and silver in Jingchu.

At that time, it was mandatory in the form of an administrative order that the newly minted "province" silver coin should be converted into 1000 Wen, which must be used in all local official revenue and expenditure. Businessmen and civilians should also pay various taxes by using the exchange rate of 1000:1 to make money to be converted into "provincial" silver dollars at the official special institutions, and then pay taxes.

The main purpose of this administrative measure is to promote the stability of price comparison among the people through the unified pricing of silver yuan and money made by the government. However, due to the fluctuation of the price ratio of silver and money at that time, it was not only the congenital defect of the standard currency system of silver and money, but also the result of the changes in the supply and demand of silver and copper raw materials nationwide and even worldwide.

In this case, it is certainly not the compulsory administrative intervention in one region that can work. Therefore, the implementation of this decree was strongly resisted by the people. People used various reasons not to exchange the "provincial" silver dollar, which was over priced by 20%. As a result, this local law was put on hold soon after its implementation.

Speaking of this, Chu Chen said: "so under the circumstances at that time, this kind of silver was recycled and melted in large quantities before it came to the hands of the common people. Even if it was left in the world, most of it was worn or stamped. Except for the present one, I haven't seen anything else up to now, and I haven't heard of where it exists."

"Cousin, that is to say, this silver coin is an orphan?"

"That's not necessarily. After all, this kind of silver coin has been issued. Maybe there are some other silver coins with this kind of appearance, but the quantity should be very few."

Speaking of this, Chu Chen turned to old lady Wen and said, "Granny Wen, was your family from Jingchu before?"

At this time, Mrs. Wen was already a little stunned. She didn't understand why there was something precious about silver. Besides the pattern on it, wasn't everything the same? At most, the difference is tens of dollars. Can a piece of silver sell thousands of dollars?

Hearing Chu Chen ask her, she returned to her senses and replied, "yes, my mother's family used to belong to Jingchu. These silver coins are all money that I married to press the bottom of the box. Young man, let me ask you, how much is this silver coin worth? "

"This..."

If it's someone else, Chu Chen may be able to earn more with peace of mind, but in the face of this experienced face, if he makes an offer as usual in the antique business, his conscience will not be able to pass, but if he tells the real price, I don't know if the old man can bear the joke of fate.

"Granny Wen, this I say you don't want to... "

Before Chu Chen finished his words, his mobile phone rang. Seeing that it was his uncle's number, he quickly picked it up. After a few words, he hung up the phone and said to Zhao Heyan, "Xiaoyan, you go to pick up your father. He's just at the intersection where he came in."

When Zhao Heyan went out, Mrs. Wen said, "young man, you're afraid I can't stand it. Don't worry. I won't fall down for my granddaughter. Just tell me straight."

Chu Chen was still a little worried after hearing what Mrs. Wen said, but thinking about it, they would have to face it sooner or later, so he said:

"this kind of silver coin has never been traded. I can only draw a relatively average price of about 800000 according to the value of this coin and the auction records of rare currencies in the past Right. "

When Mrs. Wen heard the price of 800000 yuan, she felt that her head was empty and she stood still.Seeing this, Chu Chen quickly helped old lady Wen to sit on the stool, stroking her back, shouting, and finally pinching her in the middle of the crowd.

Although Wen Xuelan heard about the price, she was also a little confused, but she was only 15 or 16 years old, and some things were still a little confused. In this case, her bearing capacity was undoubtedly better than her grandmother. Seeing this, she did not care about the sadness, and hurriedly came forward to shout for Mrs. Wen.

After three or five minutes, Mrs. Wen cried and complained about her fate.

When Zhao Qirui and his family came in, some of them couldn't figure out how to buy antiques?

Seeing this, Chu Chen came to them, said the reason with a bitter smile, and then said with a long sigh: "ah, I was kind-hearted and almost did something bad. If something happened to the old man just now, I would feel guilty all my life."

Zhao Qirui patted him on the shoulder and said, "you didn't mean to do this, and now people are OK. Don't feel guilty. In the future, if you think about this kind of thing, you can let others have a psychological preparation and tell her that the situation may be better. "

Chu Chen shakes his head. He is still too young to deal with things. He has to learn from this lesson in the future. To do good deeds, it is not enough to have a good heart. It is also necessary to have appropriate methods and opportunities, and fully consider the actual situation and bearing capacity of others. Otherwise, it will be too late to repent.

Seeing Wen Xuelan comforting old lady Wen, Zhao Qirui took Chu Chen to the yard and asked excitedly, "the silver coin of" our province ". Show me a new one. I haven't seen it yet."

After receiving the silver coin from Chu Chen, Zhao Qirui quickly observed it carefully. After a long time, he sighed with a sigh of relief: "it's really genuine. This kind of coin without stamp and abrasion is rare, even if it's not an isolated one."

Hearing this, Zhao Heyan asked strangely, "is there any counterfeiter in this silver coin?"

Chuchen said with a smile: "how can there be no counterfeiting? As long as you can make money, there will always be some lawless people who will use their brains. Not to mention now, let's say that in the 1940s, Ping Yulin, a money merchant in Shanghai stock market, had three versions of this one yuan coin forged one after another. "

"Of the three versions, the first two were abandoned because they were too bad. But in the third edition, he colluded with the staff of the mint. In the mint, he made use of professional machinery and waste molds of Hubei Guangxu one yuan common currency to add characters and transform them to a very high degree, which can almost confuse the real with the fake. "

"However, although this kind of silver coin looks similar, there are still flaws to be found. The character" Sheng "on the back of the counterfeit is slightly different from that on the face of the coin, while the character" Sheng "on the face and back of the genuine coin is identical. As I said just now, there is only one version of the "province" silver coin. There is no second version. The authenticity is self-evident

At that time, Zhao Qirui had never added a stamp to the original, so he would not be able to distinguish the counterfeit from the counterfeit

"Oh, that's true. I didn't expect that there were so many fakes in a kind of silver coin. Dad, you asked me to learn antiques. I tell you, no way! I don't want to squat in fakes all day. " Zhao Heyan pouted.

"You girl..."

Zhao Qirui wanted to say something else, but when he thought about his naughty daughter, besides her mother, he couldn't control her, so he said helplessly: "forget it, you can do whatever you want. Anyway, you can't be quiet, and you don't want to learn how to play."

Zhao Heyan said with a smile: "anyway, both of you know antiques. Why don't you buy antiques? One is my father and the other is my cousin. You won't refuse, will you

See her say so, Chu Chen and Zhao Qi Rui can say what, can helplessly look at each other a smile.

Chuchen and they waited for a while. Seeing that Mrs. Wen's mood had stabilized, they went in together.

Old lady Wen dried her tears and said with regret, "I'm sorry for the delay."

Chuchen said that it was OK. Then chuchen said, "Granny Wen, let's sign an agreement. But I don't know how you want to pay for the money. I don't know if you can write a check."

"Check?"

"Yes, after all, the total amount of money is more than one million yuan. Today's banks are closed, so it's very inconvenient not to use checks. Of course, you can also choose to trade tomorrow." Although Chu Chen wanted to get things as soon as possible, he could not force others to trade.