Lin Yue walked out of the pet hospital door with the epidemic prevention certificate, stopped a taxi on the side of the road and rushed to the antique market on Sanyang Road.
In the past, he rarely came here to hang out. Firstly, he had no research on antiques, and secondly, he was not very interested. Another very important reason was that he had no money in his pocket. He also had a natural and harmless delusion of being persecuted. He always felt that Those traders would kill him like a fat sheep.
Because the reward for the novice mission is a 1907 Saint-Gaudens Double Eagle gold coin. If you want to cash it out quickly, you can only bite the bullet and try your luck here.
After wandering around the crowded streets for a while, I walked into a shop that specialized in trading ancient coins.
It can be seen that the boss has abundant funds, the decoration inside is antique, and the various shapes of lighting make the exhibition hall brilliant.
Foreign dollars, copper coins, silver ingots, food stamps... and other ancient coins with historical and cultural value are neatly stacked in the glass counter, with relevant notes and prices next to them. Several column-shaped display cabinets in the middle contained currency such as sword coins and cloth coins that circulated during the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period. They were in complete condition and had clear engravings. He didn't know whether they were genuine items or models.
Taking a look at the collectors wandering in the hall, Lin Yue walked straight to a clerk in his twenties and asked: "Do you accept ancient foreign coins here?"
"Take it, of course." The woman looked at him and said, "I wonder which country's ancient coins you want to sell?"
Lin Yue looked around carefully and took out a plastic box with a black tape wrapped around it from his trouser pocket.
There was a wry smile on the corner of the clerk's mouth, thinking that this person was too careful, as if he was a thief.
At this time, Lin Yue pulled off the tape, opened the plastic box, and put the contents on the counter.
"It's a gold coin."
The clerk was surprised. He didn't expect that he actually had something in his pocket.
"Wait a moment." This time it was her turn to be cautious, asking Lin Yue to sit down first, then turned and walked into the room behind the counter.
After a while, a man in his fifties came out and walked straight to Lin Yue.
"I'm the appraiser in the store, can I see your stuff?"
Lin Yue nodded and pushed the box containing gold coins over.
The appraiser looked over and over for a long time. After weighing, he took a magnifying glass to examine the details of the coin in detail. When he finished, he said solemnly: "Yes, this is a Saint-Gaudens Double Eagle gold coin."
"If you accept it, how much can you pay?"
The appraiser thought for a moment and said, "Thirty thousand."
"Dollar?"
The other party glanced at him: "RMB."
What? It's too cheating. Judging from the auction records he found, this thing is worth at least 7,000 US dollars, which is equivalent to more than 40,000 RMB. Now the other party's offer is 30,000, which is even more embarrassing for Africans.
"It's too little. The lowest auction price recorded online is more than 7,000 US dollars."
The appraiser said: "It's quite a lot. You also know that is the transaction price at the auction, which does not exclude commissions and taxes, plus the cost of time and energy. How much higher can the final profit be than 30,000 yuan? Not to mention this kind of price. Foreign currencies are not well recognized in China, and their audience is limited, so many ancient coin dealers do not accept them.”
Lin Yue thought carefully for a moment and thought that what the appraiser said made sense, but it was far from the psychological bottom line of 40,000 yuan. He would not be willing to sell it hastily.
"If you are not satisfied, you can ask other ancient coin dealers. I don't think anyone will give you a quote of more than 30,000 yuan." The appraiser said slowly, looking very confident.
The profiteers in the world belong to the same family. Who knows if the remaining ancient coin trading shops on Sanyang Road have the same owner as this shop, or if the people talking are relatives and friends? He is not that stupid. If he wants to ask, he has to go to other antique markets to ask.
"Oh, thirty thousand..."
Lin Yue was hesitant to go to the antique market in the next district. An old man with gray hair and tortoiseshell glasses who had just walked past glanced over with a sarcastic smile on his face.
"Grandpa!" A little girl of sixteen or seventeen years old behind shook his arm, her tone of voice could not hide her annoyance, as if she thought he was nosy.
Lin Yue rolled his eyes: "Old man, do you know this ancient coin?"
He didn't ask what the other person's advice was, and chose an irrelevant-sounding question.
The old man ignored the little girl's expression, picked up the gold coin placed on the counter and said: "The 1907 Saint-Gaudens Double Eagle gold coin, with a face value of US$20, is between circulated and uncirculated. It is a rare currency. It fetched a high price of US$2 million at auction in North America."
"Of course, the condition of this Saint-Gaudens Double Eagle gold coin is not perfect, but according to the grading standards of NGC and PCGS, it is almost sixty-four and five points." The old man said quite straightforwardly: "It is worth thirty thousand US dollars. You give someone 30,000 yuan for something, tsk tsk... you're robbing money."
"Thirty thousand dollars? Are you buying it?" The appraiser didn't expect to encounter such a thing. It doesn't matter if a stupid young man in his twenties said something irresponsible. The key is that the person who is aggrieved is an old man with a pile of dirt buried up to his neck. Son, have you been living on a dog for decades? Isn't this blocking people's way of making money?
"Don't tell me, if the price is right, I really want to buy one for my granddaughter's trousseau."
The old man's words made the appraiser speechless, and the little girl behind also made a big blush.
"Old man, do you really want to buy it?"
"Can I still joke with you at my age?"
"Then I might as well transfer it to you."
"Young man, think about it carefully. From the perspective of value preservation and collection, this is a first-class good thing."
For those with overseas connections, this kind of gold coin is easy to cash out and has much higher circulation than the ancient coins of the Chinese civilization.
"I'm in trouble. Please give me a price."
"In this way, I can take advantage of you. How about two hundred thousand?"
"Okay, just two hundred thousand." Lin Yue knew that the old man was talking about exchange rates.
"Hmph." The appraiser over there snorted and left the scene.
The old man didn't even look at him, and returned the double eagle gold coin to Lin Yue: "There is a China Construction Bank not far ahead. How about we trade there?"
"OK."
Lin Yue led Badun out of the shop and followed an old man and a young man. "What do you always call me?"
"Xiang Huai."
Xiang Huai?
He felt it sounded familiar, but he couldn't remember where he had heard the name.
…
After a while, Lin Yue walked out of the antique market with a bank card containing 200,000 yuan.
The pedestrians around him, the vehicles in the distance, the white clouds on the horizon, the towering buildings, and General Badun behind him, everything looked like love to him now.
A bicycle has been transformed into a motorcycle, an Alto has been transformed into an Audi, and a part-time QM has been transformed into a young club model. Today is a lucky day.
Two hundred thousand, a full two hundred thousand!
After twenty-three years of eating rice, he had only seen so much money in the hands of others. Now, Mr. Lin can finally buy a toilet in Jianghai City, where land is at a premium.
"Huh!"
Lin Yue stopped and looked at the sign hanging on the second floor of the building on his left - Shangwu Boxing Gym.
"System Panel."
Calling up the system panel in his mind, he looked at the attribute data and fell into deep thought.
Name: Lin Yue.
Race: human.
Attributes: Constitution 5.
Strength 10.
Agile 6.
Intelligence 7.
Spirit 4.
What is the approximate level of 10 points of strength?
He asked himself in his mind and led Badun up to the second floor.
