top appraiser

Chapter 56
Chapter 56. Five sons vying to be the first
These five copper coins are all standard round square hole coins, the same size and shape, and there is no obvious difference even in the green rust stains on the coins.

After turning around on the table for a while, he turned sideways, finally revealing the inscriptions on both sides.

Qingyuan Tongbao.

Qingyuan is the year name of Emperor Ningzong in the Southern Song Dynasty, so these five copper coins belong to the Song Dynasty.

Among the ancient coins of all dynasties, Song coins are notoriously worthless for no other reason. During the Song Dynasty, commerce and trade were prosperous, and the amount of coins minted was huge, counting in millions.

The collectors have always paid attention to rare things. Nowadays, countless Song coins have been dug out from various ancient tombs, and they are circulated all over the streets in the market. For example, this Qingyuan Tongbao is worth only a hundred yuan. Yuan, naturally nothing unusual.

But these are secondary. The appraisal of ancient coins is not about the value, but about eyesight. Even if it is just a pile of scrap iron, you can still ask questions.

In other words, the difficulty of the test questions has nothing to do with the value of ancient coins!
"Five sons vying to be the first, a very common ancient coin assessment method, arrange the five ancient coins in chronological order, and the order is correct to pass..."

Relevant information quickly flashed through his mind, and Ren Ping fell into deep thought while staring at the five Qingyuan Tongbao on the table.

The system is worthy of being a system, and the relevant records about antique collection are all-encompassing, even these things similar to gambling and gambling are rare.

According to the records, five sons competing to be the first is only one of the more common ways of assessing and appraising ancient coins, but common does not mean easy.

It seems ordinary, but to distinguish the ages of the five copper coins clearly in a short period of time, not only must you be familiar with the history, craftsmanship, shape, and norms of ancient coin casting, but you also need extremely deep historical knowledge, otherwise it is easy to confuse them. clear.

The difficulty of this kind of topic is usually directly related to the category of ancient coins.

Just like in front of you, it can be said that it is the most difficult among the five sons to compete for the first place, because the five copper coins belong to the same dynasty and the same year name!It has completely cut off the examiner's desire to simply sort by dynasty and year!

"Five Qingyuan Tongbao, arranged in chronological order, let's start."

He knocked on the table casually, and turned all five copper coins to the front. At this moment, Kang Yan was smiling with satisfaction on his face.

No wonder, in order to prepare for this question, he had confirmed with many ancient coin appraisers of Jia Qiaohang in advance, and discussed together for many days, trying to defeat the enemy.

On the one hand, it made You Shengxing lose face, and on the other hand, it also showed off in front of the nine members of the Spring and Autumn League, showing Jia Qiaoxing's strength.

Looking at it now, as he expected, when they saw the five copper coins of the same dynasty and year on the table, all the members of the nine families nodded their heads.

Using the most common method to reach the highest level of difficulty, this question is obviously quite standard!

"What? I have nothing to say? If you can't answer it, you can talk as soon as possible. With You Shengxing's low-level background, it is not a shame to be tested by me, Jia Qiaoxing. Isn't it that you will never be able to do Koizumi again? Business? Hahahaha..."

Seeing Ren Ping staring intently at the five copper coins and remaining silent for a long time, Kang Yan couldn't help but feel even more proud.

Turning his head, he looked at Wu Yousheng at the side again:
"Mr. Wu, where's your son, Wu Zui? Why didn't you come today?"

"none of your business!"

"Hmph, last time he beat my son Minlong for no reason, what do you think it's none of my business?"

"The surname is Kang, you have the nerve to mention it! The last time I, Yousheng, held a special auction, Kang Minlong brought a group of people to make trouble in every possible way. I, Wu Yousheng, thought he was a junior, so I didn't bother to argue with him! And you, don't talk about it you do not know!"

"I mean I know, what can you do to me?"

Kang Yan snorted coldly, feeling that he had the chance to win right now, so he didn't bother to deal with Wu Yousheng. Seeing the impatient look on the other side, he just felt extremely happy.

"Okay, don't gossip, this is not a place for you to settle old scores,"

With a soft cough, Qi Heng interrupted their quarrel with a look of impatience.

There was a majesty in his words, and the audience fell silent immediately, and then turned to Ren Ping:
"Boy, what's the matter, can you answer it? According to the rules, the five sons only have one minute to think about it."

"Oh, really?"

Ren Ping was taken aback when he heard the words, as if he suddenly woke up from his thoughts.

"You do not know?"

Ren Ping shook his head.

"Never mind that, the time has come—"

"It's okay, Mr. Qi, it doesn't matter if you give him another minute, because he can't answer anyway."

Kang Yan couldn't help but interjected with a smile, and Qi Heng gave him a cold look before quickly shutting up.

"Sorry, I was distracted just now and thought of other things, can I pass it by?"

"of course can."

Qi Heng put his hands behind his back and looked away with disdain.

Ren Ping didn't take it seriously, smiled, picked up the five Qingyuan Tongbao from the table, held them in the palm of his hand, weighed them one by one, and then looked at Kang Yan:

"What's the answer?"

"Here, I have already written it, so you don't have to worry about making ghosts."

Kang Yan pointed to the simple wooden box in Qi Heng's hand.

Ren Ping didn't say much, turned the palm of his hand, and buckled the five copper coins on the round table. He lightly picked up his index finger, and moved the position of two of them so that they were photographed in a row from left to right.

Then smiled slightly:
"The order of left and right is chronological, let's reveal the answer."

Everyone looked at each other in blank dismay, wondering what the hell he was doing.

How can it take 1 minute, and it takes less than ten seconds before and after, so it is so easy to get the answer?Or is this kid playing tricks?

Because they hadn't tested Jia Qiaoxing's questions beforehand, the Nine Great Masters didn't know the correct answer, so they could only wait for Qi Heng to announce it.

Qi Heng faintly felt that something was wrong, especially at first glance, Kang Yan's face was ashen, as if he had lost his soul in an instant, and he felt a tremor in his heart.

Open the wooden box, pick out the leftmost one from the three closed wooden compartments, and pick out a piece of paper.

There are also five Qingyuan Tongbao painted on it, which are also arranged in order from left to right, but the corresponding marks of each copper coin are also marked below.

Qi Heng compared it with Ren Ping's arrangement, let out a cold snort, and threw the note on the ground.

The result is self-evident.

"No...impossible, how could it be possible to answer so quickly?"

Kang Yan's face was pale, he was talking to himself, and suddenly thought of something:
"That's right, I was fooled, this kid must be fooled! Old Qi, it must be like this, this brat is blind! Boy, why are these five copper coins arranged in such a way? You have to tell a reason, otherwise it won't count!"

As he spoke, he looked at Ren Ping viciously.

When he said this, all the members of the Nine Families, who were originally in a bad mood, also reacted.

Although the probability is not high, it is possible after all. If it is true as what Kang Yan said, this kid was fooled at random, and he can't make any sense. According to the rules, he can still be sentenced to lose.

Under the gaze of everyone, Ren Ping at this moment sneered a little, and smiled coldly, as if he was too lazy to entangle with such a vulgar and bottomless bastard like Kang Yan.

Immediately, he pushed a row of copper coins on the table casually, with contempt on his face:

"How dare you show off such a small trick for such a shameful thing? Let me teach you how to tell the age of ancient coins. Sometimes you don't need to pay attention to the shape, standard, or even the year number. You can tell it with your hands."

"What? You said you weighed it out?"

As soon as this remark came out, not only Kang Yan, but also Qi Heng and the rest of the Nine Families were shocked.

When you weigh it with your hand, it naturally refers to the weight. This kind of ability to "weigh coins and date generations" is not something ordinary people can have!
"Of course, there's nothing unusual about this. The ancient coins of the same dynasty rose and fell naturally due to the rule of the imperial power, which affected the quality of coin casting. They tend to be heavy first and then light, first priority and then inferior. This is a historical law, and 90.00% of them can't be wrong."

Ren Ping spoke calmly and casually.

"He's talking nonsense! These five of mine are all Qingyuan Tongbao. They belong to the same dynasty and have the same year name. They have only been around for a few decades. What does it have to do with the rise and fall of the dynasty!"

Kang Yan was still unwilling, and immediately retorted when he heard the words.

After finishing speaking, some of the nine families echoed:

"Yes, that makes sense."

Ren Ping didn't care who that person was, and just looked at Kang Yan, coldly, as if looking at an idiot who kept telling himself:

"Thanks to you, Jia Qiao Xing is considered a great business, so I need to point out the truth?"

"That's right, the time span of ancient coins of the same era is relatively short, and the difference in weight is not too big. It was not so easy for me to weigh them out,"

"But who told Mr. Kang that you are good at picking ancient coins? You don't choose from so many dynasties in China, but you choose Song coins for the question? Haven't you heard of iron coins and tin coins among Song coins?"

(End of this chapter)