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3231 清代寿字金元宝（足金）

3231 Qing Dynasty Shouzi Jinyuanbao (full gold).

Weighs 100.28g.

Guoyi auction Co., Ltd. Shenzhen Branch.

2020 Guoyi National roving auction Xiamen Station.

Gold and silver is an ancient currency in circulation. In the history of Chinese currency, gold and silver are officially called "yuan treasure", which began in the Yuan Dynasty.

However, as early as the early Tang Dynasty Kaiyuan Tongbao years, the folk have taken its huge, precious meaning, read as "open Yuanbao".

Although the gold ingots are of different shapes, each of them is of excellent workmanship.

As ancient Chinese currencies, Jinyuanbao and Silver Yuanbao are, after all, the most expensive currencies, highlighting the wealth and value of the owners.

This "golden treasure", ship type, wide shoulders and short ears, the top is deformed longevity character pattern, exquisite carving, smooth and natural strokes, originality.

This gold ingot is old and mellow, reflecting the traces of the times and history.

This gold ingot treasure is beautiful in shape, bright in color, well preserved, highly enjoyable, rare in existence, and has unique cultural significance. It is a rare collection of fine works.

0127 战国瓦形金币

0127 tile shaped gold coin of the Warring States Period

It is 6.5cm in length, 6.3cm in width and 264g in weight

source

Come to Yantang collection

exhibition

Museum of Asian civilization, Singapore (1997-2005)

It is made of gold, similar to the shape of bow back tile. Wide at one end and narrow at the other. The narrow end has a shallow arc notch. The back of the bow is decorated with fine transverse chords. One side of the gold coin is polished smooth and neat. It seems that in order to obtain the weight of the product in accordance with the standard of reference, the excess is ground out. This coin weighs 263.9 grams. It can be a reference for the Warring States period. This kind of tile shaped gold coin will be unearthed in Anhui Province, and one will be unearthed in Yaodian Township, Xianyang City, Shaanxi Province.

8216 南宋「南元足金」金叶

8216 the golden leaves of the Southern Song Dynasty

It is 10.4cm in length and 100g in weight

Southern Song Dynasty

Wanchangsi Auction House Limited

Spring auction in 2019

Inscription: "Nanyuan zujin"

The gold leaf of "Nanyuan zujin" is yellow with red in the middle. It is as thin as a Book page and as soft as cotton and silk. Its surface presents irregular but natural folds. The inscription "Nan yuan zujin" in the round punch is clearly visible. It is complete in shape, delicate in texture and extremely exquisite. It reflects the high level of gold leaf metallurgy at that time. Because of the close folding, it is difficult to see several pages in the middle, but the whole is quite heavy.

According to the newly compiled general annals of Yunnan in the Republic of China, "the provincial capital Gold foil shop can make gold foil and silver foil. It is widely used by gold. There are only a few families in Kunming. They are handed down from generation to generation The manufacture of Yunnan gold foil began in Yuan Dynasty. The gold leaf of the Southern Song Dynasty is a loose leaf with a large charge stamp for each shop number. It represents the symbol of the letter of the gold and silver shop. It is easy to be separated and easy to carry. It is not only used for wealth preservation, but also for daily trading, which makes the circulation function of gold have great flexibility and adaptability, and the monetary nature of gold is further reflected.

6046 贵霜王朝金币（两个）

6046 kusana gold coins (two)

Kusana Dynasty

Sichuan Zhonghua Auction Co., Ltd

Spring art auction in 2019

The kusana coins were issued during the reign of the kusana Dynasty in Central Asia from the 1st century to the 4th century. The territory of the kusana Dynasty extended from Tajik today to the Caspian Sea, Afghanistan and the Indus River Basin. With its geographical advantages in Central Asia, the kusana Empire controlled the economic and trade between the Western Roman Empire and the Eastern Han Dynasty, and became an important link between the eastern and western regions along the ancient Silk road. As a trading currency, kusana coins also became an important material for the study of cultural exchange and fusion at that time, and had considerable historical and cultural value.

Under the influence of ancient Greek and Roman culture, kusana coins were made by pressing method from Lydia, and the characters of coins were Greek and Indian (Kharoshthi). The Kushan Dynasty believed in polytheism, and the Kushan coins bear this polytheistic religious belief. The images, characters and representative patterns of different deities are printed on the coins, which are similar to round or oval shapes. In the Silk Road coins of British Museum, there were 29 kusana coins collected by Japanese coin collector Yufu Hirayama and 10 coins collected by British Museum. Among the 367 Silk Road coins collected by Shanghai Museum, there are 20 copper kusana coins.