The collection value of ancient fish coins is widely distributed in China and found in many provinces. Most of them are made of bronze and other metals. The composition of metal fish coin is mainly copper, plus appropriate amount of lead and tin. It's also jade. It is several centimeters long to 10 cm, about 1 cm wide and about 0.2 cm thick. Different shapes, but all take the round hole on the fish head as the eye. Most fish coins have fine castings in all parts of the fish body on the front, flat and plain on the back and flat on both sides.
During the period from 1974 to 198 1 published by Mr. Wang Guizhi in China Coin No.2 1993, cultural relics workers excavated a number of tombs of the small country of the Western Zhou Dynasty in Rujiazhuang and Zhuyuangou, Baoji City, and found seashells. Tong yu coins and tin fish coins have traces of use, and some are seriously worn, indicating that the circulation time is long. The author's conclusion is that these fish-shaped coins deposited in North Currency belong to currency. Others explained that bronze fish was the currency of Yu State (Yuncheng and Ruicheng in Shanxi Province) during the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period.
Famous coin collector Zheng Jiaxiang described:? In addition to shellfish, fishermen use so-called fish coins, which are also copper, fish-shaped, flat, with a head and a tail and scales, such as half fish, and vary in size. Near the Yellow River, there are many excavations, and the production is simple, and there is a hole that can be penetrated. ? Yu Yue, coins used along the Yellow River in the ancient metal age were also used. Fisherman is outside the shell coin. If the fish-shaped coin is recast in parallel with the shell coin, its value will be greater than the shell coin. During the metal period, with the development of agriculture and the gradual decline of fishermen's strength, fishermen's shell coins and fish coins were used for a short time, while shovel cloth used by farmers became more and more common, and shell coins and fish coins were eliminated. ? Mr. Zheng Jiaxiang described the shape and appearance of fish coins in detail, and pointed out that fish coins were used by fishermen along the Yellow River.
In 2007, an auction company in Beijing auctioned the fish coins of the Warring States Period twice in the bronze mirrors of coins of past dynasties, and sold them at high prices. It can be seen that fish coins have become the sought after objects of many coin collectors.
First of all, the collection value of ancient coins depends on the historical position of this ancient coin, that is, whether it has played a great role in various historical periods;
Secondly, it depends on its rarity, that is, whether the amount of this ancient money is very small. There are also coins minted in Liao, Jin and Xixia dynasties in history, and their value is much higher than that of other dynasties in the same period;
Thirdly, it depends on whether its material is high-grade, which is relative, but the gold and silver materials in ancient coins are less, and their value is naturally much higher than that of ordinary copper and iron coins;
Fourth, it depends on its beautiful appearance, that is, whether it looks beautiful or not. For example, although Wang Mang's regime was a short-lived dynasty, its currency modeling and superficial calligraphy art reached a very perfect height. Although there are still a large number of follwed coins, their market prices are still high;
Finally, the collection of ancient money depends on the appearance. Appearance refers to the degree of corrosion of ancient coins and the clarity of Qian Wen and outline. An ancient money is rare, and at the same time, it is the best. Although Qian Wen is special, its collection value will be greatly reduced if its face is unclear and rusted.
The appraisal method of the collection value of ancient coins must first clarify the historical value. Rare ancient coins are the physical objects of currency history and also the witness of history. Therefore, it is necessary to find out its position in history before collecting it. Like what? Chengdu jiaozi? Found it in Hohhot? Ten-text unified ingot payment? It is the earliest paper money discovered in China so far, and it is regarded as priceless by academic circles. Jilin? Guangping silver coin? It is considered to be the first mechanism currency in China; 1unearthed in Acheng county, Heilongjiang province in August, 985? Cheng' an baohuo? For our country? A half silver coin? Rare products. Short-lived regimes also have high coin collection value. Coins made during short-lived dynasties or peasant uprisings are rare treasures with short circulation time and small circulation. Like what? Jingkang Bao Tong? 、? Jingkang Yuanbao? It was cast during the reign of Song Qinzong, who was exiled to the north in1June. So? Jingkang? The money invested is very small. Jingkang Bao Tong? It is even rarer and belongs to the national first-class cultural relics. What did Li Zicheng cast after the establishment of Dashun regime? Yongchang Bao Tong? This coin is precious because of its small casting quantity and extremely short circulation time. There's another one called. Lohan money? Our coins also have a high collection value. Emperor Kangxi borrowed bronze buddhas and 18 golden arhats from local lamas for lack of military pay during his counterinsurgency in Tibet. Bronze and gold were melted and cast into coins, when a sign was printed on the front of the coin, namely? Kangxi Bao Tong? what's up Xi？ The word is short and vertical, so that it can be identified and recovered in the future, because money is made by melting gold and arhat, and people call it arhat money.
Secondly, we should know the existing quantity. Follow? Things are rare? The principle of centralized collection depends not only on the age and circulation time, but also on the number of the world. Coins in China have a history of nearly 5,000 years, which can be roughly divided into knife coins, cloth coins and ant nose coins in the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, foreign currency in the Qin Dynasty, Bao Tong in the Tang Dynasty, annual coins in the Song Dynasty and annual coins in the late Qing Dynasty. Xuan Tong Bao Tong? There are tens of thousands to hundreds of thousands of varieties. Knife coins of Qi, Yan and Zhao, cloth coins of Korea, Wei and Qin, etc. Very old, rarer and more expensive than round currency. Coins are rare in the world. They were cast after Shi Siming, a rebel in the Tang Dynasty, occupied Luoyang? Get the ingot? Later, I found out? Buy one? This word is unlucky, so it is changed to? Shuntian? , casting? Sunchon Bao Tong? . These two kinds of coins are rarely passed down from generation to generation. Get the ingot? Especially rare, it is a rare treasure. In addition, such as 1972 excavated from a Liao tomb in Kulun Banner, Jilin Province? Six years of Dakang? Commemorative copper coins are also rare treasures; Xixia 1984 unearthed from Helan Mountain in Yinchuan, Ningxia? Guangding Yuanbao? Seal script and real calligraphy have caused a sensation in Tibetan areas; Only one Nankang has been found so far? Banner Bao Tong? From the Western Han Dynasty? A national treasure is worth 10 thousand yuan? Wait a minute. Are they all money? Orphans? , with high collection and investment value.
It also depends on cultural value. Some categories handed down from generation to generation are favored mainly because of their high cultural taste and artistic value. Rainbow Mang in Han Dynasty and New Dynasty? Cargo spring? 、? Buquan? For money, seal it with a vertical needle; Nine-fold seal script cast during Renzong's reign in the Northern Song Dynasty? Quanti Bao Tong? , is the earliest calligraphy in China, for the collection of treasures. Tang Gaozu Wude for four years? Kaiyuan Bao Tong? The calligraphy of Ou Yangxun, a great calligrapher, is correct and simple in style, rigorous in statutes and rigid and implicit; ? Chunhua Yuanbao? Written by Hehe in three characters: Kai, Xing and Cao, the regular script is vigorous and dignified, the running script is meaningful and lingering, and the cursive script is unrestrained and smooth, which makes the art of coin writing in Song Dynasty reach an unprecedented position. There was also a pair of money in the Song Dynasty. The original cursive script was written by Sima Guang and Su Dongpo respectively. Elegant and vigorous, unique in ancient and modern times, it has a high collection value. Other enjoyment? The seal method is the best, the crown of the six dynasties? And then what? Three products of northern Zhou dynasty? 、? Heavy treasure? All ancient coins fall into this category.