At that time, a farmer in Shaanxi wanted to change the environment at home. After all, his house has been in disrepair for a long time, and I'm afraid it will collapse after several strong winds and waves, so he called the villagers to help. When he was building a foundation in his backyard, he found some different places. After knocking at the door, he found that the foundation that had been laid at home had collapsed.
This kind of homework also showed us that there was a huge pothole in it. The villagers were also surprised. They thought this assignment was extraordinary, so we all went to check it. Many people were surprised to find that there were copper coins in the hole. These copper coins are either scattered on the ground or wrapped in mud, and the number is huge. After digging so many copper coins, the villagers can only report them to the cultural relics unit.
When the experts arrived, they showed that the copper coins belonged to the Song Dynasty, and they were also stunned by the sight in the potholes. After all, there are many kinds of coins, and the number is amazing. In order to make a real investigation, experts spent some time sorting out the money. The weight of these coins is about 3 tons. Through sorting out the coins, experts also found that most of these coins belong to the copper coins of the Song Dynasty.
It's just that the number is too large for experts to easily judge the origin of these coins. Finally, through the comments and analysis of experts, we all think that the backyard of villagers' homes should be the money houses of the Song Dynasty, that is, the ancient banking institutions. The bank buried a lot of these coins underground, which may have a great connection with the social scenery of that year. After all, there were wars at the end of the Song Dynasty, and it was for safety reasons that these coins were buried underground.
In addition, experts believe that these coins are buried underground, and one thing is to avoid taxes. After all, the taxes on such banks in the Song Dynasty were still very high, and the imperial court even increased the taxes on such banks in order to fight the war. If you find a lot of copper coins in the account book, you will also add all the taxes of the bank, so these copper coins will be buried underground, but because of the war, these copper coins have been buried here for a long time.
Farmers who dug up these coins under the ownership of cultural relics and the state were very happy and felt that they had a chance to get rich overnight. However, experts told the farmer that although these coins were dug out of his backyard, they were not privately owned by him because they were cultural relics of the Song Dynasty. All the ancient copper coins should be turned over to the state, so that cultural relics institutions can discuss and analyze these copper coins.
However, experts also helped the farmer to apply for an award from the state. In 1980s, they rewarded 200 yuan with RMB, and at the same time presented the farmer with a certificate for discovering cultural relics. In fact, this kind of work was relatively common at that time, so many people consciously handed it over to the state.
Generally speaking, these coins in the Song Dynasty are also of great archaeological and reference value. Copper coins have different values according to different casting methods. Some rare coins can reach several thousand yuan in the antique market, which can be said to be valuable. In addition to monetary measurement, they are also of great help to archaeologists in studying the history of the Song Dynasty.