As can be seen from the issuing time, the third set of RMB was born in the difficult period of China's economy, which spanned the important historical periods of China's first five-year plan, three years of natural disasters, the Cultural Revolution, reform and opening up, etc. It lasted for 38 years and experienced the arduous struggle of our people, which not only left a glorious page in the history of coinage in China, but also played an irreplaceable role in the history of social, political and economic development in China. Therefore, it has more research and collection value.
First, the historical value of the third set of RMB
The third set of RMB, with a face value ranging from 10 yuan to 10 yuan, is printed with the words "Combination of Education and Productive Labor", "Wuhan Yangtze River Bridge", "Textile Workshop", "Female Tractor Driver", "Turner", "Steelmaker" and "People's Deputies Walk Out of the Great Hall" on the front respectively. On the back, the patterns of chrysanthemum, peony, plum blossom, cotton, Tianshan grazing, oil mine and open-pit coal mine are adopted respectively. Each denomination ticket has an independent and distinct theme, and the positive and negative sides reflect each other and echo each other, which truly records the social politics, economic construction, the elegant demeanor of people from all walks of life, national customs and the historical situation of people being masters of their own affairs, unity, harmony, hard struggle and hard work, and has typical cultural relics characteristics and social historical value.
Second, the position of the third set of RMB in the history of coinage
The third set of RMB completely broke the traditional border design mode, canceled the border and formed an open composition, which made the picture look broad and far-reaching. In papermaking technology, engineers and technicians overcame difficulties and produced four kinds of banknote printing paper with different watermarks, ending the history of watermark banknote printing paper relying on foreign imports; In the process of plate-making, except the main picture is completely hand-carved, the shading and patterns of face value figures are all machine-carved or combined with hand-carved and machine-carved; In the printing process, multi-color printing and multi-color wiring technology are adopted for the first time; There are also major innovations in ink production. It is the first set of banknotes designed and printed by our country, which is a milestone in the history of coinage development.
Third, the third set of RMB versions is various and has rich research value.
The third set of RMB banknote printing paper includes fixed Tiananmen watermark, ancient coin star watermark, full version of national flag five-pointed star watermark, full version of hollow five-pointed star watermark and no watermark. Crown characters can be divided into three Rome and two Rome, scarlet letter and blue word, length; There are seven or eight serial numbers with different lengths. Printing process can be divided into gravure printing and offset printing, and gravure printing can be divided into full gravure printing and partial gravure printing. The seals of the president and vice president can be divided into gravure printing, offset printing and steel printing; Have a secret memory, no secret memory, and so on. There are 36 versions, 38 versions or more. The author thinks that it is more appropriate for ordinary collectors to collect 24 kinds according to the mainstream view, that is, 9 kinds of horns, 3 kinds of horns, 3 kinds of one yuan, 2 kinds of two yuan, 2 kinds of five yuan and 2 kinds of ten yuan.
Printing paper money is a systematic project, involving design, plate making, ink, paper and printing. Paper money is a special product, and its order, distribution, manufacturer determination and coordination of all links must be strictly implemented under the leadership of the head office of the People's Bank of China. However, due to the turbulent period of the Cultural Revolution in the printing process of the third set of RMB, some doubts have been left in many aspects, such as the ranking of crown characters and the production time of various factories. So far, there is no authoritative book to introduce it in detail, which also provides collectors with a world of exploration and research.
Fourthly, the ornamental and educational value of the third set of RMB.
The third set of RMB is the crystallization of knowledge and art. The face pattern contains rich cultural connotations in humanities, history, geography, nationality, writing, calligraphy and fine arts, showing the artistic talents of Luo, Zhou, Chen Ruoju and Deng Zhu, and highlighting the artistic skills of the older generation of sculptors such as Wu, Ju Wenjun, Lin and Liu. Among them, the 50-cent coupon Textile Workshop, the 1-yuan coupon Female Tractor Driver and the 2-yuan coupon Turning Worker are all classic works, and the 5-yuan coupon Steelmaker is praised as the world's outstanding works by the international coin industry. Collecting paper money can increase knowledge and cultivate sentiment. Looking at the vivid pictures of paper money gives us a pure and beautiful enjoyment.
The third set of RMB is also a good teaching material. It is said that there was a class teacher in a middle school in Gansu last year who was a coin collector. Taking his third set of RMB as evidence, combined with the characteristics of ethnic areas, he gave students a vivid ethnic education class and received good results. At the same time, it also aroused students' interest in collecting and got the support of parents. They searched everything and really unearthed some first, second and third sets of RMB treasures. This case reminds me of an old collector's words: "Collection is to inherit the spiritual wealth of ancestors, and collection is to give eternal memories to future generations."
Verb (abbreviation of verb) The investment value of the third set of RMB.
The author believes that the risk of investing in the third set of RMB is small and the rate of return is stable. From the postal markets of 1985, 19 1 year and 1997, it can be proved that all public collectibles (except rare tickets) generally go through several stages: public opinion → speculation → price decline → reasonable price return → stable appreciation. The third set of RMB is no exception. After 1994-1996, with the upsurge of the national postal currency card market at the end of 1996 and the beginning of 1997, its price soared all the way, but the good times did not last long. From May to June of 1997, it fell all the way until April of 2005, which lasted more than seven years. Due to the expansion of the coin collection team and the development of the gift market, from May 2005 to the beginning of 2007, the price of the third set of RMB, which was seriously oversold, quickly returned, and most of the coupons appreciated 5-6 times. At present, the third set of RMB is in a period of steady appreciation, which has the following characteristics: first, the appreciation is very regular, "two in and one out", step by step; Second, the frequency of appreciation has accelerated, from twice a year in the previous two years (165438+ 10 and March) to three or four times this year (March, May, August, ...). The annual appreciation is about 30% ~ 50%, and some bonds are bigger. This trend will last for a long time.
Among the eight treasures recognized by collectors in the third set of RMB, the one with green watermark will still dominate, while the one with Bordeaux, green watermark, ancient coin watermark, star watermark and ancient coin watermark will increase in turn according to the price comparison relationship. Offset watermark pentagonal coupons and intaglio pentagonal coupons (especially exquisite packaging printed 66 years ago) are undervalued and have greater appreciation potential due to insufficient understanding of their rarity in the past.
In addition to the eight treasures, five yuan, ten yuan, red three-Luo ten-cent coupons (gravure printing, offset printing) and gravure printing fifty-cent coupons will still perform well. There are a large number of blue dime coupons, scarlet letter three Rome two Rome coupons and offset printing watermark-free fifty cent coupons in the world, which also rose from 2 yuan, 2.6 yuan, 2.3 yuan and 4 yuan to 3 yuan, 4.2 yuan, 3.9 yuan and 7 yuan in September this year, with an increase of 50% to 70%. As far as I know, many people who invest in the third set of RMB are white-collar workers and small and medium-sized business owners. They spend tens of thousands or hundreds of thousands, hundreds of thousands or millions more. Because of their busy work, they have no time to take into account the immediate ups and downs, and they are optimistic about the return on long-term investment.
6. The third set of RMB has a broad mass base.
Collecting money is a popular cultural activity. Because the third set of RMB has not been out of circulation for a long time, most ordinary people have used it for decades, which is more intimate and the current price is relatively moderate. At the same time, the third set of RMB has the same prefix and serial number as other banknotes, and the prefix and serial number of each ticket are unique. It can be said that every ticket is an orphan, and this natural traceability adds a sense of security to collectors.
Currency collection is one of the traditional highlights of world collection. With the rapid development of China's economy, the appreciation of RMB and the improvement of RMB's status in the international currency, RMB collection will rapidly go to the world. Last year, an international student took 10 set of the third set of RMB (without three treasures) to Germany, and each set cost 250 euros, which was robbed (the domestic price at that time was 1000 RMB). This spring, works of art, the third set of RMB (different versions, ***35 kinds) collected by Singapore collector Mr. Lv Rongxi, were sold at 34 1 10,000 yuan. In recent years, the collection scope of international and domestic currency collections has been expanding, from traditional collections of various versions in the past to special collections, supplementary collections, collections with different titles and interesting serial collections, which greatly accelerated the consumption speed. With the passage of time, its collection potential can not be underestimated.
At present, the collection of the fourth set of RMB is very popular, and the third set of RMB, which is located in the center of the five sets of RMB, will certainly play the role of connecting the past with the future and bring more collectors and investors to the third set of RMB. Therefore, the author thinks that the third set of RMB has high collection value and investment value, and it is a wise choice for cautious investors.