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Chapter 4 Test
  Half an hour later, Yang Chen came to Zhenbaozhai again.

The boss, Zhang Wenyu, was drinking tea and looking through the comic book he just collected - "Liang Shanbo and Zhu Yingtai" with great interest.

There are two more customers in the store.

Take a look around the store.

One is an old man, about 70 years old, with gray hair, wearing glasses, and a faint bookish air.

The other one is a girl of eighteen or nineteen years old.

She looks young and beautiful, and her skin is as white as snow.

She had two long ponytails and was wearing a navy blue denim suspender skirt, long white socks, and small sandals, giving her a little bit of a two-thorned ape flavor.

"Ancient jade can be comprehensively judged from three aspects: color, phase and taste...

"Look at this piece of ancient jade. The texture is unnatural and the pattern is not clear..."

"With modern craftsmanship, the degree of lifelikeness of antique jade is very high. If you don't pay attention, experts like you, not to mention you beginners, will fail sometimes..."

When passing by these two guests, Yang Chen heard the old man patiently explaining some antique knowledge to the girl from time to time.

The girl listened very carefully.

Nod in understanding from time to time.

"These should be the grandfather and grandson, right?"

Because the girls were really beautiful, when Yang Chen passed by them, he couldn't help but look at them a few more times.

But then he calmed down and went straight to the boss Zhang Wenyu.

"Boss Zhang, I'm here again."

Yang Chen smiled and greeted Zhang Wenyu.

Zhang Wenyu raised his head and saw that it was Yang Chen. He immediately put down the comic strip in his hand and said with a smile: "Welcome, welcome. Brother Yang, do you have any good things? Do you want to bring them over for me to see?"

After speaking, he made Yang Chen a cup of tea and motioned for him to sit down.

Ever since Yang Chen quietly showed his hand in his eyes, Zhang Wenyu has been admiring this young man.

The attitude is very correct.

Yang Chen sat down, took out a piece of dirty red cloth from his pocket, spread it out quickly, and revealed a copper coin.

It was the Dade Yuanbao he had just received.

"Boss Zhang, I just went shopping and collected a copper coin from a street stall. Are you interested?"

Yang Chen pointed at the Dade Yuanbao in red cloth.

Zhang Wenyu's eyes lit up when he saw the egg-sized copper coin.

Copper coins are divided into many types according to their shape and weight.

Xiaoping, 20% off, 30% off, 50% off, 10% off.

Xiaopingqian is what is commonly called a penny.

Discounting two means two pennies.

And so on.

Weight and size also increase sequentially.

In the collection world, copper coins of the same ancient coin type usually have a higher weight and larger shape, and the value is relatively higher.

So seeing this big copper coin, Zhang Wenyu naturally became energetic.

but
  I just went out for a walk and received a copper coin from a street stall?
  It only took about half an hour for this young man to go out.

Did you miss something while walking around outside?
  If he hadn't known that Yang Chen was really capable, Zhang Wenyu would have definitely thought that he was just teasing him.

In the antique market before the 90s, the rate of picking up high-quality goods and the success rate were indeed very high. At that time, information was closed, transportation was underdeveloped, and craftsmanship and technology were also poor.

So there are still a lot of good products on the market.

It's difficult now.

It’s not that you can’t pick up a leak at all, but you can just pick one up like Yang Chen while walking around outside. This not only relies on your real ability, but also your luck!
  "interested in!"

"Very interesting!"

"You have tea first, and I'll take a good look."

Zhang Wenyu stood up and went to the counter to take out a magnifying glass. Then he held the copper coins in his palm and looked at them carefully under the magnifying glass.

Use a magnifying glass to observe ancient coins, mainly to observe the authenticity and layer changes of the oxide layer, the copper under the oxide layer, and whether the casting of ancient coins and text symbols is clear and beautiful.

Zhang Wenyu looked at it for a long time, but his brows were furrowed and he looked like he couldn't make up his mind. Judging from the oxide layer, coin material and casting of this copper coin, the copper coin is most likely to be genuine.

But the year number [Dade Yuanbao] on it made him confused.

During the Dade period of the Yuan Dynasty, copper coins were scarce.

Generally, those in circulation are support money, Xiaoping money, and the year names are Dade Tongbao. Once they appear on the market, they can be quickly digested within the coin circle.

Dade Yuanbao?

There has always been a consensus in numismatic circles that great virtues have no ingots.

What do you mean?
  The Dade Yuanbao is only found in history books and has never been seen in the world.

And a Dade Yuanbao the size of an egg, priced at ten cents, is unheard of.

If this copper coin is real, then its research value is definitely much greater than its market value.

Judging from the identification results, this copper coin should be genuine.

But judging from Zhang Wenyu's intuition, this Dade Yuanbao is probably a high imitation that is just like the real one.

He was unsure for a moment.

After thinking about it, he took out his cell phone and told Yang Chen to find a friend who was an expert on ancient coins to come over and help him palm his eyes.

"I have seen Dade Tongbao."

"Dade Yuanbao, especially this kind of Yuanbao that can be discounted by ten cents, I have never heard of, let alone seen."

"Brother Xiao Yang, if you are not in a hurry, please wait a moment and I will ask a good friend to come over and see what he says."

Yang Chen shrugged.

No comment.

Soon, Zhang Wenyu hung up the phone and said apologetically: "I'm sorry, my expert friend is busy today and can't come."

"Look at this, can we make an appointment tomorrow?"

Yang Chen took the copper coins back.

Nod.

"can!"

It only takes a day or two to sell things.

At least the boss knows this, so the transaction can be done with less worry and effort.

"Row!"

"Then I won't disturb Boss Zhang's business and come back tomorrow morning."

Yang Chen stood up, put the copper wallet away, and was about to leave.

At this moment, the old man who was wandering in the store came over, smiled at Yang Chen and said: "Young man, can you lend me your Dade Yuanbao?"

The rules of antique trading are that you cannot interfere when other people's transactions are not completed.

You have to wait until someone buys it or doesn't want it before you can negotiate.

Yang Chen and Zhang Wenyu have suspended the transaction. If someone wants to buy at this time, although it is inappropriate, strictly speaking, it is not a bad rule.

Besides, the old man just said to take a look.

Seeing the old man's extraordinary demeanor, and the girl behind him with her big Kazilan-like eyes open and looking forward to it, Yang Chen thought for a moment and spread out the dirty red cloth.

"Thank you!"

The old man thanked him in an educated manner, and then took the Dade Yuanbao in his hand.

No magnifying glass was used either.

He took out a small flashlight, shined it on, and looked carefully.

After reading it, I asked the soft girl with twin tails to come over and have a look. After reading it, I gently put it back.

"Ruoxi, do you think this Dade Yuanbao is real or fake?"

The old man asked the girl next to him.

The girl with twin tails named Ruoxi blinked her eyes and said without hesitation: "Fake!"

"Oh, what do you say?"

The old man smiled and put his hands behind his back, looking like a test.

(End of this chapter)