It is difficult to simply say whether "clear copper coins" have value!
Most of the "clear copper coins" are of little value, but they are worth hundreds of thousands of yuan. For example, the "Qing Copper Coin" issued by Xuan Tong Duke for three years has one point, five points, one point and two points, all of which are more than 5,000 yuan or 6,000 yuan. As for the "Guangdong" and "Daqing Copper Coin", one of the top ten treasures of copper coins, the value is more than 10,000 yuan.
The machine-made copper round casting in Qing Dynasty began at 1900 (in the 26th year of Guangxu) and ended at 19 1 1 (in the 3rd year of Xuantong). Although the casting circulation time is only ten years, in its heyday, 20 bureaus in 17 provinces in China began to cast copper rings. Ten copper rings were cast successively in the 17th and 20th innings, each with a different format. There are hundreds of formats only according to obvious differences. If divided by subtle differences, its layout should be more than 1000. Therefore, contemporary collectors of copper coins always take finding different formats of copper coins as their greatest pleasure. For example, the author and his colleagues love collecting copper coins, and occasionally they will be ecstatic to find the new version of copper coins. However, beginners who collect copper coins often don't know how to start collecting them when faced with modern copper coins of various formats. The author has collected copper coins for more than ten years, and explored a set of methods for collecting copper coins from simple to complex. This article is specially written to communicate with your beginners.
There were various forms of mechanism copper rings in Qing Dynasty, especially ten rings. At the end of Qing Dynasty 17, the 20th Bureau of the province began to cast copper coins, all of which were ten copper coins. Only some provincial bureaus cast twenty, fifty and twenty copper coins. Therefore, the collection method of copper rings listed in this paper is only for ten copper rings.
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First, distinguish different casting sites and collect them. The casting of machine-made copper round in Qing Dynasty began in 1900 (the 26th year of Guangxu) in Guangdong, and the governor of Guangdong and Guangxi, Deshou, and the former governor, Li Hongzhang, imitated the casting of machine-made copper round in Hong Kong. Compared with square hole copper coins, machine-made copper coins are well-cast, used in the market and circulated smoothly. The following year, the Qing government ordered the coastal provinces along the Yangtze River to allow imitation casting. Since then, copper rings have been cast all over the country. So when ten copper rings are cast in different places, this is the most obvious feature that distinguishes them. Beginner collectors of copper coins can start from here and collect according to the different casting locations of ten copper coins.
Ten copper coins in Qing Dynasty were mainly divided into 1 and Guangxu Yuanbao. 2. "Daqing Copper Coin". "Guangxu Yuanbao" was cast by 19 provincial bureaus in ten copper rings. Except for those cast by the central household department, the names of provinces are engraved on the upper edge of the copper rings cast by local provinces. Including: 1, central account department; 2. Beiyang; 3. Jilin; 4. Fengtian; 5. Qingjiang River; 6. Zhejiang; 7. Jiangnan; 8. Guangdong; 9. Shandong; 10, Fujian; 1 1, Hunan; 12, Hubei; 13, Sichuan; 14, Jiangxi; 15, Henan; 16, Jiangsu; 17, Anhui; 18, Guangxi; 19, Xinjiang. Among them, Guangxi "Guangxu Yuanbao" is ten copper circles, and only a few are left today, so it is naturally impossible to collect them. Ten copper circles made in Guangxu Yuanbao New Province are extremely rare, and one is rare. Therefore, the collection of ten copper coins in Qing Dynasty is generally based on the collection of seventeen provincial bureaus. Guangxi's "Guangxu Yuanbao" is ten copper coins, so you can't expect it at all. Among the other 17 provincial bureaus, Jilin and Fengtian provinces cast relatively few copper rings, while the others are more common.
"anniversary Copper Coin" was cast by 20 provincial bureaus with ten copper rings. Except for those cast by the central household department, the provincial abbreviations of Yin or Yang are engraved in the front center of the copper rings cast by local provinces. Including: 1, central account department; 2, straight; 3. Ji; 4. Feng; 5. hey; 6. Hubei; 7. Item; 8. Sichuan; 9. Cloud; 10, Yunnan; 1 1, Yunnan, Sichuan; 12, Jiangxi; 13, Fujian; 14, Guangdong; 15, Zhejiang; 16, Su; 17, Huai; 18, Anhui; 19, East; 20. ning Among them, auspicious words are the least; Sichuan, Yunnan and Yunzi followed closely; Yunnan, Jiangxi, Jiangsu, Zhejiang, once again eastward; I see more.
Beginner collectors of copper rings can collect all the copper rings from 37 different regions in the world, pay attention to the differences in the writing and engraving of provincial bureau names in different places, and collect them in different formats. Among the ten copper circles of Guangxu Yuanbao, some in Fujian Province only write "Made by Fujian officials" on its upper edge, and some add the word "Min Guan" on the left and right. Someone in Shandong province wrote the name of the province on the upper edge, commonly known as "Upper Shandong"; There are also provinces listed on the left and right, commonly known as "Heng Shandong". Some people write "Made in Sichuan" on the edge of the copper ring made in Sichuan, while others write "Made by Sichuan officials". The provincial names on the copper rings made in Sichuan can also be divided into large characters "Sichuan" and small characters "Sichuan"; There are also large characters "Jiangxi" and small characters "Jiangxi" in the production of copper rings in Jiangxi Province. In "clearing copper coins", Su and Ning are divided into Yin and Yang characters. There are also auspicious, pregnant, lucky and ten thousand characters. This difference is so obvious that even beginners can easily distinguish it and collect it one by one.
Second, the collection is based on different casting years. The casting mechanism of copper rings in Qing Dynasty began at 1900 (the 26th year of Guangxu) and lasted for more than ten years (the 3rd year of Xuantong). 1900 After casting copper round in Guangdong, the Qing government ordered the coastal provinces along the Yangtze River to imitate casting, but there was no unified format. All parts of the country have their own molds and castings, and they all have their own ways. So most of them don't have carved Chinese New Year tables. Only in Jiangnan, Jiangsu and Fengtian provinces, besides casting ten kinds of copper rings without chronology, several kinds of copper rings with chronology were also cast. Among them, there are four titles cast in Jiangnan: Ren Yin (in the 28th year of Guangxu 1902), Gui Mao (in the 29th year of Guangxu 1903), Chen Jia (in the 30th year of Guangxu 1904) and Yi Si (in the 31st year of Guangxu 1905). Jiangsu has cast ten copper rings with two year numbers: Renyin and Guimao. There are four titles in Fengtian, namely Guimao, Chenjia, Yisi and Bingwu (thirty-two years of Guangxu, 1906), which are ten copper rings. 1906, the Qing government ordered to stop casting "Guangxu Yuanbao" and cast "Daqing Copper Coin" instead, and issued a unified ancestor model, ordering all localities to imitate casting. Therefore, all the "clear copper coins" cast by 20 provincial bureaus in China are engraved with the branch year number, without exception. The surviving Qing Dynasty "Qing copper coins" became ten pieces, which were divided into three provinces: Yisi, Bingwu, Ding Wei (thirty-three years of Guangxu 1907), Wushen (thirty-four years of Guangxu 1908), Ji You (Xuantongyuan 1909) and Xinchou (Xuan Tong). Only the Central Bureau (with no inscription) and Fengtian Bureau have this year's number cast; 2. During the Bingwu period, there were as many as 18 bureaus casting this title, including the Central Committee, Guangdong (Guangdong), Fujian (Fujian), Zhili (Zhili), Hunan (Hunan), Hubei (Hubei), Sichuan (Sichuan), Sichuan-Yunnan (Kangzang), Yunnan (Yunnan), and Yunnan. 3. The winners of this year's five games are Yang, Yue, Ning, Feng and Bian. 4. Five applications, only Guangdong Bureau and Nanjing Bureau voted for this year's issue; There are many people who cast this title, including the Central Committee of the Communist Youth League, Guangdong, Fujian, Hubei, Anhui, Sichuan, Border, Kyrgyzstan and Feng. 6. Xin Chou, whose bureau has not been cast, and a single bureau (Henan) cast the number of this year.
Novices who are interested in collecting copper coins can collect copper coins cast by each bureau according to their year numbers after collecting 10 copper coins from 20 bureaus in 17 province. These are the two most basic steps that must be carried out in the collection of ten copper coins in Qing Dynasty. Only after the collection by bureau name and year number is completed can the collection of different versions be further carried out.
Third, the casting technology and materials of coins are different, which is convenient for collection. Different casting processes, different sizes and thicknesses of molds are also important points to distinguish the top ten copper plates. In the Qing Dynasty, ten copper rings were generally smooth-edged, but there were also a few ten copper rings cast by provincial bureaus with toothed edges. There are also a few provincial bureaus that have cast ten copper rings that are larger or thicker than the regular ones. Beginner collectors of copper rings should pay attention to whether the copper rings are wrapped, super thick and super large when choosing. If its thickness and diameter are greater than those of ordinary products, and if it has tooth edges, it should be stored as different versions.
At the end of the Qing Dynasty, although the central government explicitly stipulated that the materials for casting copper rings were "copper 95, lead 4, tin 1", most of the ten copper rings cast by provincial bureaus were red copper rings, but the copper content of some copper rings cast by provincial bureaus was only 70%. Among the ten existing copper rings, copper rings cast in Sichuan, Fengtian, Hunan, Hubei, Zhejiang, Jiangxi, Beiyang, Shandong, Henan and Fujian provinces were found. Among them, most of the ten copper rings made in Fengtian are brass, and few are red copper. There are relatively many brass rings made in Sichuan, Hunan and Zhejiang, and it is not difficult to find them. The bronze cast by other provincial bureaus is ten copper rings, which are extremely rare in the world. Now it can be met but not sought.
Fourth, collect according to the different dragon patterns on the back of coins. At the beginning of casting ten copper rings in Qing dynasty, the Qing government did not make strict regulations on the decorative patterns of copper rings. Therefore, although the copper coins cast by provincial bureaus all adopt dragon-shaped patterns, the dragon-shaped patterns are different and varied. A novice collector of copper coins can easily distinguish ten copper coins by casting province name, year number and material, but it is relatively difficult to distinguish them by dragon chart. So first of all, we should start with the obvious difference between the back of the coin and the dragon map. There are many kinds of dragon patterns on the back of coins in Qing dynasty, and the shapes are quite different, so even beginners can clearly distinguish them. But it must be noted that ten copper coins should be collected on the basis of the same foundry. That is, according to the different dragon patterns of ten copper rings cast by the same provincial bureau in different periods, the collection is carried out.
At the end of the Qing Dynasty, many provincial bureaus respectively cast various ten copper circles with dragon patterns on the back, especially the ten copper circles of Guangxu Yuanbao, which were quite outstanding. For example, the "Guangxu Yuanbao" made in Hubei is a ten-copper ring, that is, there are a variety of back dragon patterns such as big dragon, little dragon, extra-large dragon, water dragon, sitting dragon, bead circle water dragon and bead circle sitting dragon. In the thirty-first year of Guangxu (1905), in order to rectify the law and order, the Qing government ordered to stop casting "Guangxu Yuanbao" and cast "Daqing Copper Coin" instead, and the central government issued the ancestral money uniformly. Therefore, the dragon pattern on the back of "Daqing Copper Coin" is relatively unified, but it is not completely different. For example, the inscription "E" says that "Daqing copper coins" are ten copper coins, which can be divided into "Daqing Dragon awarded by the Ministry" and "Hubei Daqing Dragon". "Xiang" is engraved with "Qing copper coins", which can be divided into "Qing dragon", "B-shaped dragon", "humpback dragon" and "broom dragon". Novices who are interested in collecting copper rings should have a collection map of copper rings in their hands when they enter the collection of ten copper rings according to the back dragon pattern. In the case that I am not very familiar with the various layouts of the ten bronze rings in the Qing Dynasty, I still have to look at the pictures.
Beginners who collect copper rings have been fully familiar with all kinds of dragon-shaped patterns of various provincial bureaus in the Qing Dynasty, so they can collect them in the next step and distinguish the casting of the same provincial bureau more carefully. The dragon figure of the same type should be a smaller format of ten copper rings. Generally speaking, we can distinguish the small layout of the bronze round back dragon pattern in the party history by looking at the dragon head (big-headed dragon, small-headed dragon, gourd head), dragon tail (big-tailed dragon, thin-tailed dragon, seven-tailed dragon, eight-tailed dragon), dragon horn (inner angle and outer angle), dragon claw (four claws, five claws, dragon claw single treasure, dragon claw up and down Shuang Bao) and dragon claw. Because of the relationship between the development and printing of copper circle atlas, it is not easy to see the subtle differences of copper circle. So it is more important to compare copper rings with copper rings at this time. Based on the most common and commonly used formats, through comparison, we choose different formats and invest in Tibet.
5. Collect the national flowers, border flowers, beads and fonts. During the casting of copper rings by provincial bureaus in the late Qing Dynasty, due to the damage of molds, molds were frequently repaired and changed. Therefore, the copper rings cast by many provincial bureaus are different, even the same type of copper rings in the same provincial bureau are different. For example, the flowers in China are divided into five petals, six petals and hibiscus flowers, as well as China's ring, China's money, China's Manchu and so on; Edge flowers, that is, cross flowers, five petals flowers, five-pointed stars, five-pointed stars, rice stars and so on; Beads are different in size, so are Manchu and English. Fonts also have different writing methods, strokes and so on. Copper ring collectors are not novices when they collect ten copper rings, but have considerable experience in collecting copper rings. With the increase of familiarity with various large formats of the copper circle in the history of the Qing Dynasty, the difference between small formats will gradually become proficient. Based on the differences of decorative patterns, fonts and dragon patterns, the small formats of ten copper circles are quite diverse. Copper ring collectors should choose and collect small formats of ten copper rings step by step, and should not be eager for success. When collecting, it depends on the size comparison of ten copper circles. The greatest pleasure of collecting copper rings is to find and search for formats that you don't have. Novices who are interested in collecting copper rings, it is best not to deliberately collect rare wrong editions, backs and fronts. From the beginning, but from the common format. From the economic point of view and the collection point of view, this is desirable.