Rebirth: I am a first-line antique dealer

Baoguo Temple is located in Xicheng District, Beijing. It was built in the Liao Dynasty, but it was very small in scale. It was called the Small Baoguo Temple. It collapsed in the early Ming Dynasty. It was rebuilt in the second year of Chenghua (AD 1466) and renamed Ciren Temple, commonly known as Baoguo Temple.

During the Chenghua period, because Zhou Jixiang, the uncle of the state, became a monk here and presided over it, the royal family allocated funds to expand it. After the expansion, it became grand in scale, with seven halls and rooms in an orderly manner.

In the 18th year of Emperor Kangxi's reign in the Qing Dynasty (1679 AD), most of the buildings collapsed due to an earthquake. In the 19th year of Emperor Qianlong's reign in the Qing Dynasty (1754 AD), they were rebuilt and renamed Dabaoguo Ciren Temple.

During the Qing Dynasty, the Shiguo Temple gradually became the largest temple fair in the capital. It was famous for the sale of rare antiques and rare ancient books, forming a special cultural accumulation.

In 1900, the Baoguo Temple was destroyed by the artillery fire of the Eight-Power Allied Forces. In 1908, at the initiative of the important minister Zhang Zhidong, people of insight across the country raised funds and donated millions of taels of silver, and it took three years to rebuild the Baoguo Temple.

In the 90s, Baoguo Temple restarted its cultural market and became famous for its ancient coins, stamps, comic books, badges and antique jades. It catered to the tastes of many collectors. It often held coin exchange meetings, comic book auctions, etc., and gradually became a national A good place for antique lovers from all over the world to communicate on Taobao.

Today happens to be Thursday, which is the grand gathering at Baoguo Temple. In his last life, Ding Mao had never been here because of his late start, but there was no way he could miss it in this life.

"Uncle Cui, why don't you take Auntie and Miaomiao around, relax and experience the current environmental management efforts of Beijing City, and confirm whether the later development of small and medium-sized iron mines is as I said?"

Ding Mao didn't quite understand why Cui Hao had to follow him to the market today instead of going on an inspection trip!

"I felt the changes in Beijing as soon as I arrived yesterday. I believe what you said. There is no need for inspections. I will make some adjustments when I go back. I have been shopping with you these past two days and I have gained a lot of insights. !”

"Okay! But Uncle Cui, try to talk less and listen more here. Don't touch other people's goods. Ask me what you like. Don't ask about the price, and don't spend money to buy!"

Ding Mao still said a few words of worry, and then the group of people started shopping.

Baoguo Temple is very popular. Almost all the main halls and the open space between the ancient trees are filled with stalls and groceries, ranging from old books and newspapers to ancient porcelain and jade.

Ding Mao still focused his main attention on coins, because they were easy to carry and would increase in value later.

The price of ancient coins during this period was very low, so low that Ding Mao wanted to buy everything he saw, but he still controlled his impulses and desires, mainly choosing some rare and prestigious products with large potential for appreciation.

As soon as they entered the market, everyone except Ding Mao was shocked by the sight in front of them. They all thought that the antique shop was a relatively obscure industry, and there should not be many people engaged in it. But when they saw the dazzling array of goods and the bustling crowd, Only then did they realize that they had thought wrong.

Ding Mao would usually glance at stalls such as calligraphy, painting, and ancient books without making any more stops. He would only take a serious look at stalls selling coins, ancient porcelain, ancient jade, and other miscellaneous items.

But due to his age, many stall owners basically ignored him after seeing him.

At this time, a coin stall was like this, because before Ding Mao came here, there was a man in his 30s picking coins, and the stall owner kept greeting him, so when he saw Ding Mao’s age, even though he I had stopped to look at the coins, but was selectively ignored by the stall owner!

At this time, the man who was picking ancient coins like Ding Mao was looking through a pile of Kangxi Tongbao. He didn't know whether it was intentional or not. Ding Mao found that the few Kangxi Tongbao contained alone were taken out by the man and looked at them. One coin was not put back in, but replaced with loose coins on the spread.

Therefore, Ding Mao couldn't help but keep staring at the man's hand with some curiosity, wanting to see if he was going to play the trick of substituting the beam for the prince, or the civet cat for the prince!

To Qi Dingmao's surprise and joy, perhaps because of the hot weather, when the man was wiping sweat from his forehead, he accidentally dropped two large coins in his hand and mixed them into the loose money below.

What surprised Ding Mao even more was that the man might not have seen the location of the two coins he had dropped before, so the two coins he found in a hurry were not the two coins he had dropped before, but two other similar Kangxi Tongbao coins.

The man didn't seem to want to stay any longer, so he paid the money and left immediately.

Ding Mao quickly came to his previous position, reached out and picked up the two coins he just dropped to check.

Upon seeing this, Ding Mao immediately understood that one of them turned out to be the "Qianlong Hand" of Kangxi Tongbao that was difficult to distinguish.

This is a reputation item among the Kangxi Tongbao that is easily overlooked.

The reason why it is called Kangxi Tongbao "Qianlong Hand" is because the overall writing style of this coin's font is similar to the writing style of Qianlong Tongbaobao Quanju. The facial pattern layout is regular and the font is square, especially the character "宝" in Manchu.

The writing style of Kangxi Tongbao's Manchu characters is very inconsistent. The first stroke on the top of the three springs starts like a circle, which is a bit like cursive script and is not regular and symmetrical.

The Manchu character "Qianlong Hand" of Kangxi Tongbao is very coordinated in writing. The first stroke starts vertically, more like regular script in Chinese characters. The middle of the two lower springs is also vertical, and is in a straight line with the vertical stroke of the first spring. , the whole is also relatively symmetrical, consistent with the Manchu script of Baoquan Bureau during the Qianlong period.

There are Kangxi Tongbaobaoquan Bureau and Qianlong Tongbaobaoquan Bureau. Compare them with each other and you will know the difference in the Manchu characters!

Kangxi Tongbao "Qianlong Hand" was not minted by the Kangxi Dynasty, but during the Qianlong period, Emperor Qianlong minted coins in memory of his grandfather Kangxi. It is equivalent to the nature of today's commemorative coins, so its casting technology is generally more exquisite.

This version is very rare, and because it looks very similar to the ordinary Kangxi Tongbao, it is easy to miss it if you don't understand the version or your eyes are tired.

Ding Mao calmly held it in his hand and asked while selecting other loose coins.

"Boss, how do you sell these Kangxi ones of yours?"

Seeing Ding Mao's age, the boss didn't take it too seriously and responded casually: "Five yuan each!"

Ding Mao couldn't help but shake his head in amusement. No wonder the man before was trying to play tricks. This old man was so rude in his bidding.

"Brother, your price is almost as good as Shunzhi's!"

When the stall owner heard that Ding Mao seemed to understand something, he also mentioned the nature of it, but he was not embarrassed.

"My money is of good quality. If you can pick more, I can pay you three yuan each!"

"How many challenges?"

When the boss saw that Ding Mao really wanted to buy it, he became enthusiastic.

"Young man, with the quality of the money I have, I'm sure you won't lose when you pick it up. You have to pick it up for thirty or fifty to do it!"

Hearing this, Ding Mao nodded with a smile and said: "It's useless to pick too many. I'm either joining in the game or just buying with the money of the Five Emperors. How about this, brother, for 100 yuan, you let me pick 35, that's fine too. ?”

This time the boss happily agreed.

"Okay, since you are so young, I will take care of you as an elder brother. You take your pick!"

Hearing this, Ding Mao immersed himself in picking it up. I have to say that the Kangxi Tongbao sold by this stall owner is indeed relatively good in appearance.

Seeing the coins that the boss had put away separately, Ding Mao knew that the chance of picking a good version of coins was very low, so he only picked coins that were bright yellow, had straight edges, had good characters, or were in the Arhat style.

Soon, 35 coins were selected, and the "Qianlong hand" was deliberately sandwiched among these coins, and then handed to the stall owner.

"Boss, please count it to 35! By the way, find a small bag to put it in!"

Then he took out 100 yuan in cash from his pocket and handed it over.

The boss simply checked the amount, confirmed it was correct, put away the money, then took out a small bag from his bag, put the coins in, and handed it to Ding Mao.

"No problem. If you need anything else, just choose. I'll give you a discount."

Seeing Ding Mao shopping so happily, the boss couldn't help but become enthusiastic.

However, Ding Mao got a bargain and didn't want to stay any longer. He quickly stood up and said: "There is nothing I really want to buy for the time being. If you need anything else, I will come over and find my brother!"

After saying that, he put the coins into his backpack and continued walking forward with everyone.