Li Mo then put twenty silver dollars into his bag.
"Little boss, you have received the money. If there is no problem after verification, we will leave."
"Already received, not a penny missing. Handsome guy, if you like it, come back next time."
"OK."
Li Mo and Chen Xiaoyan walked out of the dilapidated yard and walked more than ten meters before the latter asked in a low voice: "Uncle Master, how much are those silver coins worth? That 300,000 yuan is my last fortune."
"Those two fat guys treated us like novices. These Yuan Datou are relatively ordinary. The ones in ordinary condition cost several thousand yuan each, and the good ones in good condition cost up to 10,000 to 20,000 yuan. I selected 20 of them, all in good condition. "
"That's okay, at least we won't lose money."
Chen Xiaoyan breathed a sigh of relief.
Li Mo turned to look at Chen Xiaoyan and said with a smile: "Uncle, I can make you lose money if I take action. Let's go, let's find an antique shop and sell those silver coins."
"Ah, sell it now? Didn't the fat man say that the owners of antique shops have evil hearts?"
"Just follow me. You don't have to call me brother now. It still sounds like 'little master uncle' to your ears."
The two returned to the antique street. Li Mo led Chen Xiaoyan into an antique store, where three customers were selecting goods. The owner's surname was Zhao, a tall and thin man in his forties. He personally introduced a customer, and when he glanced at it, he quickly showed a look of surprise: "Professor Li is here, the shop is full of glory."
"Haha, Boss Zhao's business is booming, so I won't disturb your business."
"Wherever there is, there is." Boss Zhao asked a clerk to come over to receive the customer, while he received Li Mo and the other two.
"Professor Li, who is this little beauty?"
"Chen Xiaoyan, from Chenjia Village in Huizhou, call me Junior Uncle."
Huizhou Chen Family Bajiquan has been on the hot searches for a while. The death of the master of Bajiquan, the ancestor of the Chen family at the age of 108, was a sensation.
"Professor Li, let me make you a pot of good tea."
"No, just a bottle of mineral water on this hot day. I'm here to see you. I have a good deal. I just want to see if you are interested?"
This is a strange thing, Li Mo actually came to him to discuss business. Although Boss Zhao was surprised, he immediately revealed that the business Li Mo wanted to discuss must be related to antiques, and they were definitely authentic.
"Professor Li, I wonder if you have any good stuff in your hands?"
They are all insiders and can understand some things at a glance.
"Xiaoyan, take out the gadget you found and show it to Boss Zhao."
Chen Xiaoyan took out the snuff bottle wrapped in tissue paper from her bag and placed it carefully on the table. Boss Zhao picked it up and looked at it carefully. He was a little surprised. Then he took out a magnifying glass from the cabinet and looked at it carefully. Then he pulled out the green flower stem and looked inside carefully.
After seven or eight minutes, he put it down and said: "The carving skills are at their peak, the material is the highest quality agate, and the flower buds have an elegant meaning. This is an old agate snuff bottle with buds that came out of the Qing Dynasty palace. Professor Li, do you really want to change hands?" "
"This thing doesn't belong to me. Boss Zhao can just negotiate the price with her."
Chen Xiaoyan lost her mind when she heard that she had to make a decision. She didn't know how much this Qing Dynasty snuff bottle was worth.
"Ms. Chen, this withered agate bud snuff bottle is nice. I want to take it. Can you give me a price?"
Seeing that Li Mo really didn't want to get involved, Chen Xiaoyan was a little embarrassed. Thinking about the previous bid from the stall owner, she had to reach out and make an 'eight' gesture. If someone else's bid of 8,000 was reduced to 500, then she should pay the same price. It’s not considered a sinister thing.
Boss Zhao looked at Chen Xiaoyan's "eight" and then at Li Mo, who was expressionless. He couldn't help but stretched out his hand and patted the table and said, "Okay, 80,000 is only 80,000, so I'll make less."
Chen Xiaoyan's eyes suddenly lit up. She thought the price was 8,000, but she didn't expect that the owner of the antique shop misunderstood it as 80,000. The key was that they hadn't bargained yet.
"Boss Zhao, my niece didn't know the market so she set this price. If I ask for at least double the price. They are all in this business. You can't take advantage and be good. You can find a better selling price later. Eight It is still possible to triple or four times the basic ten thousand."
Li Mo said something contemptuously to him, and Boss Zhao immediately burst into laughter: "I admit it, I admit it, thank you Professor Li for letting me pick up the slack."
Chen Xiaoyan, who was originally very happy, was dumbfounded at this time. She thought that the clear withered agate flower bud snuff bottle could be sold for 80,000 yuan, which was very high, but she did not expect that the actual price would be three or four times higher. Wouldn't it mean that she had become a disguised person in just a few seconds? The loss was about two hundred thousand.
Li Mo took a sip of water, took out the twenty silver dollars from his bag, and spread them directly on the table: "Have a look, are you interested? If not, I'll talk to other bosses."
Boss Zhao made a lot of money from a business, so he naturally paid special attention to what Li Mo brought out. He picked up a silver dollar and looked at it carefully, then looked at the second one, then the third one, and looked at Li Mo A little weird.
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"Professor Li, these Yuan Datou are just so-so. Although I don't have them in my store, you can still find a few of these antiques on the street. The condition looks good, but the purchase price is around 15,000 at most. If you want to transfer it, how about I take all the fifteen thousand?"
Li Mogudong and Gudong drank all the water: "Boss Zhao, read the rest and look carefully."
Boss Zhao was reminded by him, and then he lowered his head and looked at the remaining seventeen coins. With a glance, he immediately realized that one of the silver coins was not Yuan Datou. He pinched the silver dollar and looked at it solemnly.
This is a Qing Dynasty silver coin with a bearded dragon. The upper edge of the bead circle is in Manchu, and the lower edge is the Chinese character "Xuantong Three Years". The left and right sides are decorated with long branches of chrysanthemums. The lines are smooth, the veins are clear, and lifelike.
On the back of the coin, the Chinese character "一元" is engraved in the middle, and the lower edge is "一元" in English. The dragon rises from the clouds from left to right along the edge, circling around, with seven tails pointing upward, the dragon head placed on top, and two long dragon whiskers vertically Looking down, the dragon ball is between the word 'circle' and the English word. The dragon scales are orderly, the particles are visible, the dragon pattern is delicate, the longan eyes are protruding, bright and bright, the bridge of the nose is pretty, majestic and domineering, showing the royal majesty.
"Boss Zhao, you have to look carefully. This is the bearded dragon silver coin cast in the third year of Xuantong in the Qing Dynasty."
"Professor Li, I naturally looked at it very carefully."
Boss Zhao looked over and over again, and finally asked: "Miss Chen, can you give me a price?"
Chen Xiaoyan was more cautious this time and looked at Li Mo and said: "Uncle Junior, what do you think is the appropriate price?"
Li Mo did not answer directly, but said: "The long-bearded dragon silver dollar of the Qing Dynasty is engraved with a dragon pattern on the back. According to historical records, each coin weighs seven coins and two cents, and contains 96%-97% pure silver. They were used by counting in circulation. At that time, the Qing government wanted to unify the currency system and hired overseas senior technicians to carefully design and manufacture this set of Qing silver coins for the third year of Xuantong."
"But the new coins had just been successfully minted, and it coincided with the Wuchang Uprising, so most of the new silver coins were stillborn, leaving only a small number of sample coins. The bearded dragon is named after the long beard on the dragon head on the back, which is a sample. It is valued because of its exquisite illustrations and rarity."
"Boss Zhao, you can find someone to evaluate it again."
Boss Zhao waved his hand directly: "Anyone can doubt it, but Professor Li's mother has no doubt. Professor Li, just make a price."
"According to my understanding, the market price of such rare Qing Dynasty silver coins is generally between 2.2 million and 2.5 million. My niece spent 300,000 to buy these 20 silver coins. If you take one bite Eat them all, this Qing Xuantong Bearded Dragon silver dollar is worth two million, and the remaining nineteen coins can be worth fifteen thousand each, how about that?"
"There is no problem, everything is as per Professor Li's wishes. It was me, Lao Zhao, who picked up the big leak today. I will treat you at noon."
