Rebirth: I am a first-line antique dealer

In the previous life, Ding Mao's main items in the antique industry were actually folk and Qing porcelain and coins. Among the porcelain he received for the first time in this life was a pair of complete works by famous artists. This was undoubtedly a better start.

"Young man, do you want a stamp?"

A woman in her 50s asked tentatively.

Ding Mao actually doesn't know much about stamps, so he rarely came into contact with such things in his last life. However, he also knows that there are some people in the industry who like to collect stamps. Now that he has encountered them in this life, if the price is not high, he can collect some. Play.

So, he asked: "In what way does the eldest sister want to take action? You might as well take it over and take a look first!"

Seeing that Ding Mao did not refuse directly, the woman was obviously relieved: "As long as you can ask for it, it's fine. I have a few books at home, and they were all saved by that damn ghost of mine when he was alive. Now that he is gone, I can keep them." It’s useless, just wait and I’ll bring it over and see what I can give you!”

"Okay, take it over and have a look first, and then we'll discuss it!"

The philatelic market has been very popular in the early years, especially after the broadcast of a stamp in the Spring Festival Gala sketch in 1998, many people became interested in stamp collecting.

After a while, the woman came over carrying a bag.

"Young man, take a look, can you exchange these for something?"

Ding Mao took the bag, took out a stamp album and opened it.

"That's a lot of stamps!"

While reading, Ding Mao talked to the woman intentionally or unintentionally.

"Hi! My partner liked these when he was alive and kept them a lot. Now that he is gone, there is no use for me to keep them and I can't find a buyer. You came here today and said that you can exchange old items for something else. Just think about it and see if you can take it, otherwise it will be all in vain."

The woman's words were quite helpless. At this moment, Ding Mao turned to the page and found a stamp he recognized - the Geng Shen Monkey Stamp.

The Gengshen Monkey Stamps are the first set of special zodiac stamps numbered t.1989 issued by the Postal Service on February 2, 15.

The original picture was drawn by the famous modern painter "Huang Yongyu". The stamp shows a sitting golden monkey, which is vivid and lifelike. Even the monkey hairs are clearly visible and can be counted.

The design plan of the stamp was decided by the stamp chief designer "Shao Bolin", and then designed and engraved by the famous stamp sculptor and designer "Jiang Weiming".

This stamp was printed using a combination of photocopying and engraving. When observed with a high-power magnifying glass, the red background texture is clearly visible and is fine and even.

The face value of the monkey ticket is 8 cents, the size is 31 mm long, 26 mm wide, and the tooth gap is 11.5 degrees. There are 80 pieces in one edition.A total of 500 million coins were issued.It is very popular among stamp collectors and the price has been rising.

After seeing this one appear, there was almost no need to look at the others, so Ding Mao closed the book and put it back in the bag.

But this move actually made the woman a little uneasy. She thought Ding Mao was not interested in these stamps.

"I said at the time that these things were just small pieces of paper and of no use, but that damn guy in my family just refused to listen and became a man possessed!"

Ding Mao remained silent and said calmly: "Sister, these stamps are quite nice. I can have them. What do you want to exchange for them?"

When the woman heard that Ding Mao said he could have it, her frown instantly relaxed as if she were hearing the sounds of nature.

As if he was afraid that Ding Mao would not agree, he did not dare to raise the price, but asked tentatively: "Young man, can you see if you can exchange two pots?"

"Of course you can change them. You can also choose some more plates and bowls. After all, it's not easy to save so many pieces one by one. Besides, I quite like them."

The woman immediately beamed when she heard this and thanked her repeatedly.

"Thank you, young man. You are so kind, so I will pick out a few more items!"

"Well, it's okay, auntie, please pick a few more items. I'm also helping my uncle deal with the backlog of inventory. Pulling it back will be stressful anyway. I can be happy if I can change it to something I like!"

……

The cart of steel basins, plates, and bowls that had been packed when he arrived was now full of old goods. Ding Mao felt lazy and happily started to return.

After arriving home, I took down each item and put it in the room where I had packed it up. I checked each item again and made a record.

When he took out the pair of complete duster bottles from the cigarette box, Ding Mao found that the weights of the two duster bottles were actually different, so he quickly took a flashlight and shined it into the mouth of the heavier bottle.

"Hey, there seems to be a bag inside!"

Ding Mao stretched out his hand and took it out. As soon as he saw the items inside clearly, he immediately said a curse word: "Fuck, this is so lucky!"

The bag contained silver coins!And there are quite a few.

When I received the goods, I was so excited and eager to make a deal that I didn't even notice that there was something in the inner hall of the duster bottle!

Ding Mao checked and found a total of 43 yuan, and four yuan in just eight years!Three of them are ordinary editions, and one is actually a rare "two tigers guarding the door" edition.

There are many editions of Yuan Xiang's eight years, such as Niukou Zao, T-point Nian, Kaikai Bei, etc., and "Erhu Gate" is one of the rare editions.

It is also easy to identify this version. Counting from the chest of the Yuan image, there is a dot every four teeth. From the edge of the back of the Yuan image from right to left, there is also a circle every two, three or five teeth. Dots, these two dots look like two little tigers guarding the statue of Yuan in the middle, hence the vivid name Erhu Gate.

Among the remaining 39 yuan, there are two nine-year-old fine hair, one nine-year-old medium-hair, and two nine-year-old thick hair.

The three-year-old Yuan portraits are all ordinary, nothing special, and the ten-year-old Yuan portraits are the same, with only square epaulettes and ordinary ones.

Ding Mao classified them and put them in the safe. He would definitely not sell the silver coins at the moment. He would not consider them until 2011 at the earliest, because the price of silver coins would skyrocket that year, but it would still not be the peak.The price is still quite different from the price in 2021.

Because of the appearance of these silver coins, each of the following items was carefully crafted.

After placing all these things, Ding Mao finally opened the stamp albums.After all, he only found a Gengshen Monkey Ticket after reading one book before, so it is inevitable that there will be other better ones.

But what disappoints Ding Mao is that after looking through several books, he didn't see some good stamps he knew.

"Hey, this booklet is actually packed in a box! Could it be a complete set?"

After opening it, I found a booklet of "Old Jite" stamps. I didn't know much about this kind of stamps, but I also knew that some of them were quite valuable.

However, when he turned to the next page, the two banknotes sandwiched inside made his mouth open.

"Let me tell you, what kind of luck did you have today? Should I buy a lottery ticket?"

These two banknotes turned out to be the second edition of 10 yuan, also known as the "Big Black Ten".

Taking out these two coins, Ding Mao quickly turned to the next page. As he thought, there were actually more.

These can actually make up a complete set of second editions. Except for the two denominations of three yuan and trombone five cents, which only have one each, the rest have more than two or three.

In the previous life, Ding Mao didn't even collect the entire set. After his rebirth, he wanted to rely on his memory to collect the ones from the neighborhood where he knew they had appeared. Unexpectedly, he accidentally obtained them first.

Ding Mao didn't know why the original owner didn't give such a good note a booklet, but he probably wouldn't have gotten it in this way if it had been given a booklet.

二版币的流通时间约为10年左右，1953版是从1955年3月1日发行，约在1964年开始银行只收不付；1956版约在1962年发行，在上世纪70年代回收。

There are 11 denominations, 13 varieties, and 15 editions of the second edition coins.Most of the banknote paper is copied by the Soviet Union. There are three varieties of watermarked banknote paper, including 3 jiao to 1 yuan plus 1 yuan (5 edition) with full-page watermarks of hollow five-pointed stars, 1956 yuan, 2 yuan and The 3 yuan (5 edition + 1953 edition 1956) has a solid five-pointed star pattern mixed with a full-page watermark, because the incomplete plum blossom petals on the edge of the banknote resemble a randomly sketched seagull pattern, also known as a seagull watermark, and the 10 yuan has a fixed watermark of the national emblem.

Judging from the current market conditions, these banknotes Dingmao are not yet wanted to be sold, because they will surge in value in a few years.