Chapter 137 Blind Boxes in the Antique Industry

"As soon as I said that, he stood up, so fast!"

"Then he said: Don't talk nonsense, I came here specially because I saw your museum collecting treasures."

"What did you say?" Brother Ping'an diligently filled Zhang Yang's Coke and expressed his gratitude in a simple way.

"I didn't say anything, I just called the security guard in and held him up." Zhang Yang replied with a smile.

He ate two bites of food and put down his chopsticks.

"Thank you for your hospitality today, I'll eat here first, I have to live broadcast in the afternoon."

"The dishes haven't been served yet, can you eat more before leaving?"

"I really can't eat. I just got up not long ago. I should have breakfast now." Zhang Yang explained.

Brother Ping'an was too polite. The first thing he did after leaving the police station was to call Zhang Yang for dinner.

Everything that came out of the tomb was found.

As long as there are no precious cultural relics lost, even if it is true as the archaeological team inferred that the tomb of a prince of the Southern Ming Dynasty was dug out, he has no responsibility.

The good thing about having complete procedures is this.

Seeing that Zhang Yang really had no appetite, Wei Pingan smiled apologetically.

"Sorry, brother, I should have invited you to dinner earlier..."

"Those things, I'll find someone in the same city to deliver them to you in a hurry?"

"Okay." Zhang Yang nodded.

The meal was boring, but what Brother Pingan said was interesting.

He prepared some "tube money" for Zhang Yang as a thank you gift, all of which were genuine "gold cellar" tubes that he asked someone to buy in the Northeast.

Originally, he wanted to ask Zhang Yang to help with the appraisal, but after the construction site incident, Brother Pingan always wanted to find something to thank him, and this tube money of tens of thousands of yuan came just in time.

The things were delivered just before the afternoon broadcast.

Zhang Yang couldn't wait to open the package.

"Boss, what did you buy?" Xiao Tang, who came in with the courier, asked.

"This is the blind box of the antique industry - the tube money."

The so-called tube money is that the copper coins are buried in the soil in a string. In a relatively humid environment, they rust, causing all the coins to stick together and form a cylinder, which is covered with a mixture of soil and rust.

Except for the copper coin on the top, you can't tell what is stuck in the middle.

So when you open the tube, you don't know what era the next coin is and what its value is.

Zhang Yang picked up the small carving knife sent with the package, trimmed the edge of the tube, and found the feel.

Very cool, a kind of pleasure of trimming a donkey's hoof.

After making preparations, the live broadcast began.

"Good afternoon, fellow thieves!"

"Let's not appraise treasures today, let's open a few blind boxes first."

[Blind box? Are you going to bring goods? ]

[Anchor idiot]

[Whatever you do, GKD, I'm going to start eating]

[Is there a leg appraisal session today?]

Zhang Yang felt like he saw some discordant comments, but the screen scrolled too fast.

Just one minute into the broadcast, there were already nine thousand viewers in the live broadcast room.

This is the benefit of live broadcasting on time. The audience in the live broadcast room will come on time, just like watching the weather forecast on time at 19:35 in the past.

Zhang Yang bent the camera and pointed it at the desktop.

"Is there anyone in the live broadcast room playing with this thing?"

"Yes, it's the money in the tube."

"This is sponsored by Brother Ping An, let the treasure friends see it."

"There are eight tubes in total, and it cost more than 10,000. It's really too much now."

"This is not the Qing Dynasty tube that is now everywhere. This is a Song Dynasty copper coin tube buried in the late Jin Dynasty, commonly known as a gold cellar."

After getting the thing, Zhang Yang has already identified it. Brother Ping An has not been cheated, and the age is correct.

[This is the first time I have seen people live broadcasting opening a coin]

[Can I get something valuable?]

[This most expensive one can get Jing Kang Tong Bao]

"Among the ancient coins of the Northern Song Dynasty, Jing Kang Tong Bao is not the most valuable." Zhang Yang saw the discussion in the barrage and did some popular science: "The most valuable one is Jianguo Tong Bao."

"Jianguo Tong Bao was the reign title of Emperor Huizong of Song in 1101 AD. It was only used for one year and was changed the next year, so the number of coins minted was less than Jing Kang."

"One was unearthed in northern Jiangsu before. It is said that there are less than ten coins in the entire ancient coin market now."

"So someone spent 8 million to buy it."

With that said, the anticipation of this "blind box opening" activity came up.

Who can refuse 8 million?

"Okay, no more small talk, let's open the first one to test the waters."

Zhang Yang picked up the coin with [Daguan Tong Bao] on top.

One of these rusty Daguan Tongbao coins is worth two yuan (one coin is worth two coins) and has a market price of fifty yuan.

Although the price is low, it is already high among the common Song coins.

Zhang Yang estimated that this Daguan Tongbao coin with a top is stacked with more than a dozen coins, and the price should be over a thousand yuan.

If you open the coin, you should open it from the bottom to the top, so that you can get feedback immediately after opening each one.

The excitement is full.

Zhang Yang held the coin in his left hand and the carving knife in his right hand, removing the copper rust on the edge bit by bit.

When you can see the gap between the coins clearly, insert the carving knife and pry it slowly.

[Please, let's get the least valuable one]

[Don't say anything, just arrange the Xianping Tongbao]

[The person in front is so kind, I hope the coins inside are rusted so hard that you can't see the words]

[Out, out, out, out]

"Huh~" Zhang Yang let out a long breath, exerted force on his hand, and pried the first coin off.

The writing on the copper coin is clearly visible.

This shows that the pit of the unearthed tube is good, so it is not too rusty.

It’s just that the four big characters "Tiansheng Yuanbao" on the front of the copper coin are a bit embarrassing.

"Is there a quotation group?" Zhang Yang asked the barrage.

There are still many friends who play with ancient coins now. Compared with other antiques, the probability of counterfeits is significantly lower because of the large circulation of coins.

Correspondingly, the value is also lower.

There are many hidden talents in the live broadcast room, and soon someone gave a quotation: RMB 5.

[No loss if there are words]

[No loss if it is copper coins]

[Five yuan stuff, it's a mess]

"Five yuan is five yuan, no problem."

"Come on, continue..."

"Taiping Tongbao, where is the quotation group?"

"This is not the Taiping of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, this is the reign of Emperor Taizong of Song, Zhao Guangyi."

"Twenty-five? Not bad, four times more expensive than the previous one."

"Qingli Chongbao... one hundred yuan? Awesome."

"Zhenghe Tongbao... five yuan again? You quotation group won't cheat me, right?"

There are quoters and troublemakers in the barrage.

Zhang Yang thought about it and simply found the latest Song Dynasty coin price list on the Internet and put it in the corner of the live broadcast screen.

The barrage group just now immediately became a counting man.

[Seven coins have been opened so far, with a total value of 375]

[Twenty-three coins have been opened so far, with a total value of 1400]

[Fifty coins have been opened so far, with a total value of 1790]

[What kind of African anchor]

After opening twenty coins worth two digits in a row, Zhang Yang felt a bit annoyed.

"No more, my heart is damaged."

There was still about half of the money left from the coin that Brother Ping An had sent, which meant that the coin that had just been opened had lost more than three thousand yuan.

Looking at the mocking comments on the screen, Zhang Yang said stubbornly:

"Losing three thousand is also a loss? In our live broadcast room, you are embarrassed to use the name of the leek gang for this little money."

"No, you don't think you can make money from opening coins, right?"

"Show me a few big hands?"

As expected, someone in the background immediately made a request for a microphone connection.

Zhang Yang was not in a hurry, and first made an agreement with the barrage:

"If the treasure friends who come in later and bring out things that are not as good as mine, please say: host, I am wrong."

"Is it okay? If it's okay, then I will start the microphone."

"Welcome this Pokémon with the Pikachu avatar."

"Hello, teacher."

"Hello, I am Xiaozhi from Pallet Town, can you call me master?"

"Master Zhang, you are playing a little abnormal." The treasure friend said with disdain.

"If you don't play, you can show me your goods?"

"Oh, I almost forgot, teacher, take a look at my tube, can I sell goods?"

The treasure friend picked up the tube money he had prepared, and on top was the [Taiping Tongbao] that Zhang Yang had just opened a lot of.

"How much did you get this?"

"This one is 850."

"That's boring, you'll lose 800 at most."

"Hmm? Teacher, are you mistaken? I'm not a lazy person like you." The treasure friend introduced: "This is from the pit in the Huaihai area, there is no Southern Song Dynasty."

"If you want to get a big item, it must be Jingkang Yuanbao or Chongbao, at least one W."

Zhang Yang glanced at the item information, "Production time: 1720."

It is confirmed that it was buried in the late Kangxi period.

He suppressed his smile and nodded.

"Teacher, then I'll do it?"

"Don't waste time." Zhang Yang said impatiently.

At the same time, he said to the barrage: "Counter, get ready, I'm responsible for identifying the authenticity of the copper coins, and you guys will identify the level of this treasure friend."

The first coin was also Taiping Tongbao.

"The item is fine, but the appearance is a bit poor."

"The pit you mentioned should be correct. The Huaihai area is relatively humid, and the rust is more serious." Zhang Yang commented.

"This is a cushion, it's not a big problem." Baoyou comforted himself.

But he soon found something wrong.

"Qiandao Yuanbao, isn't this from the Southern Song Dynasty?"

"Teacher, help me take a look!" Baoyou asked Zhang Yang for help.

"It is indeed a genuine Southern Song Dynasty product, but this kind of two-fold coin, with a bare back and no words, is only 20 yuan per piece."

"Baoyou, stop it? The next ones are all cheap goods." Zhang Yang advised.

"Impossible, I must slap you in the face today."

After Baoyou said this, his hand movements obviously accelerated.

Soon another copper coin appeared, with four big characters on it: Wanli Tongbao.

[Congratulations to Baoyou, happy to get ten yuan]

[The least valuable copper coin of the Ming Dynasty]

[Brother, are you mentally broken? I just came here for Jingkang]

[Squatting for a Qianlong Tongbao]

"Teacher, is this money also correct?" Baoyou asked Zhang Yang again.

"Did I buy a fake tube?"

"That's right." Zhang Yang replied: "The patina of this tube is definitely not a new imitation in recent years."

"I don't think it's your problem, it's the problem of the ancients who buried this string of money in the ground. How could they string together money from several dynasties?"

Faced with Zhang Yang's ridicule, the treasure friend kept moving his hands and muttered:

"Master Zhang, don't jump. Even if it's from the Ming Dynasty, I can still kill you with a Longqing Tongbao."

Longqing Tongbao, even if it's a bad product, is worth a thousand yuan. If you open one, you will make a lot of money.

This is also the charm of opening a tube.

"I won't jump, but don't get excited, because I'm afraid..."

Before Zhang Yang finished speaking, another copper coin fell with a "ding~" sound.

Baoyou picked it up and took a look.

"Oh my god! Kangxi Tongbao?"

"Master Zhang, is there something wrong with this coin?"

This time Zhang Yang nodded.

"You are right, I have seen it clearly, there is indeed something wrong with this coin."

"This should be a time traveler from the Kangxi period, who traveled back to the Southern Song Dynasty and found that the money could not be used, so he buried it underground."

"In order to give a hint to the descendants who found this money, he collected the copper coins on the market at that time and buried them together."

"Baoyou, this is a great archaeological discovery!"