Take stock of the top 10 auctions of ancient coins in 2023

Mondo Collection Updated on 2024-01-30

Sold at the 2023 Ancient Coin AuctionThe top 10 are all Qing Dynasty coinsand at the same timeSeveral groups of ** are in a tieThis shows that Qing Dynasty coins have extremely high value and popularity in the ancient numismatic collection market. Qing Dynasty coins have played an important role in the development of coins throughout Chinese history, and their unique artistic style and historical background have made them highly sought after by collectors.

In addition to the Beijing Bureau mother sample and the Beijing furnace to spend money,Baogong Bureauof coins were particularly prominent this year, accounting for a significant proportion. The Baogong Bureau was the coinage bureau of Gansu Province in the Qing Dynasty and was an important coin manufacturing institution in the Qing Dynasty. Kangxi opened for six years and stopped soon. Yongzheng opened in five years and stopped again in seven years. Xianfeng was re-established in five years, and abolished in the third year of Tongzhi, therefore, except for Qianlong and Jiaqing, the word "Gong" in all dynasties was less. Its coins are highly regarded for their unique typography and exquisite manufacturing techniques. Many collectors have a soft spot for Baogong Bureau's coins, believing that they have high collectible value and investment potential.

2023 Annual Stocktake

Auction Company: China Guardian Spring Auction 2023 - Ancient Coin Gold and Silver Ingot Machine-made Currency Transaction**:rmb 4370000Sold on: 2023-06-15Brief description of the lot: Bibliography: Zhang Guanghua's "Longquan Collection" Qing Wenzong Xianfeng Heavy Treasure Back Bao Gong Dangbai Sample (670×3.9 mm, 955 grams) Bao Gong Bureau cast when the hundred coins are ingots, this product is a heavy treasure, is a test casting sample money, only see the product, extremely precious Qi Zongyou "Xianfeng Qian Layout Series" Huaxia rating Jimei 85 This product weighs 955G is far greater than the 500 dollars that were minted later. The same series of face writing style, there are also with the world Taiping back text, and when the size of the ten coins is the same, in the same vein, are the initial furnace trial casting products. Guangong Bureau's mother sample money is a typical straight repair process. And the mother money has the characteristics of refining the root of the word. This product is a heavy treasure, the copper is delicate and sophisticated, the mouth is straight to repair, and the root of the word Zhang can be seen with obvious traces of repair, which is closer to the characteristics of the mother money of the Gong Bureau. In addition to the trial casting style, this product also has the characteristics of mother money. This product is salty and abundant, and the baby Gong is a hundred dollars, and there are many records in the early years, all of which are regarded as treasures. However, its treasure text is different from the fixed formula, and there are many puzzles. This research can be judged to be the first trial casting of Xianfeng's big money from February to November in the third year, and it is still a unique product that survives to this day, which corroborates each other with the historical materials of the currency system. When it is a treasure of Longquan, it is very rare. Li Jiyu

Auction Company: Xiling Seal Society 2023 Spring Auction Transaction**:rmb 3,220,000Transaction date: 7 August Description: Collection of Taiwanese Qing money collector Chen Hongxi, handing over by Zheng Yiwei. The pulp of this product is brown, like a layer of chocolate shell, carved and finely crafted, full of energy, with sharp edges and corners. Publication: 1Four Hundred Rare Kinds of Qing Money, p69, by Chen Hongxi, published in 1991. 2.Appreciation of 100 Rare Spending Money, p82-83, by Zheng Yiwei, published by Shanghai Culture Publishing House in 2011

Auction company: Shanghai Joint Auction September 2023 - Dequanyuan part.

Transaction Date:2023-09-22Transaction Price:rmb 3220000Lot Description: Xianfeng Heavy Treasure Baoquan Fifty Eagle Mother GBCA Beauty 85 1117425688 492*4.4mm 48.8g

Auction Company: China Guardian Spring Auction 2023 - Ancient Coin Gold and Silver Ingot Machine-made CoinSold Date: 2023-06-15Sold Price:rmb 3162500Lot Description: Qing Dezong Guangxu Heavy Treasure Back Baoquan as the Mother of Ten Carvings (331×2.4 mm, 153 grams), this product is the original of the "Dalian Spring Friends Association, the Eleventh Edition" in 1930 in the fifth year of Showa. Cui Jiaping, Qingbaolou Ogawa Hao Collection, 1992 Japan Global Auction No. 1238 original, a famous collector in Kansai, Japan, handed over the collection, inherited in an orderly China grade Perfect 92

Auction Company: China Guardian Autumn Auction 2023 - Stamps Coins.

Transaction Date: 2023-12-01

Deal**:rmb 2702500

Brief description of the lot: Qing Guangxu heavy baby source as a carving mother (295×1.9 mm, 92 grams), the copper is pure, the pulp is warm, the ground is smooth, the carving is exquisite, the mother of the carving, also known as the ancestral money, is the mother of the mother of the money, the ancestor of the money. Where the method of casting money, first the refined copper or lead and tin hand-carved into the ancestral money, then turn the sand to cast the mother money, and then use the mother money to print the money. The money system is crucial, so the ancestral money is the foundation of the Qing Dynasty coinage, has always been cherished by collectors, the treasure Guo Ruoyu old collection of Huaxia grade perfect 94

Auction Company: China Guardian Spring Auction 2023 - Ancient Coin Gold and Silver Ingot Vintage Coins.

Transaction Date: 2023-06-15

Deal**:rmb 1955000

Brief description of the lot: Bibliography: Zhang Guanghua's "Longquan Collection" Qing Wenzong Xianfeng Heavy Treasure Back Bao Gongdang Fifty Decree Samples (564×4.0 mm, 669 grams) Every time new money is minted, the household department makes a money sample and promulgates the distribution place, which is a sample money issued by the ministry. On March 18, the third year of Xianfeng, Sun Ruizhen, the head of the household department, folded - Cai Shaoluo, Hengchun and other performances and discussed the casting of the top ten coins: "In addition to making money, it is also planned to cast a kind of top ten coins, and each text weighs six coins..."Rong Qi cast a sample of money, respectfully presented to the royal view". Another fold: "But when there are fifty-one, it may be tried together with the ten coins...""On the same day, it was decreed: according to the proposal. Chin this. Then he made ten and fifty-two kinds of ministerial sample money. At present, Xianfeng has issued a sample of 50 face value of the Ministry of Baogong Bureau, Baonan Bureau, Bao'an Bureau, Baochang Bureau, Baohe Bureau, Baoyun Bureau, and Aksu Bureau, which are rare in the world. There is only one in the Baogong Bureau, and it is a unique product in the world. Qi Zongyou's "Xianfeng Qian's Layout Series" (No. 10-7-1-1), Huaxia Rating: Jimei 82

Auction Company: China Guardian Spring Auction 2023 - Ancient Coin Gold and Silver Ingot Vintage Coins.

Transaction Date: 2023-06-15

Deal**:rmb 1725000

Lot Description: Bibliography: Zhang Guanghua's "Longquan Collection" Qing Wenzong Xianfeng Yuanbao Back Bao Gong Dang Qiankuo Yuan Sample Money (699×3.2 mm, 810 grams) This is the largest diameter of Bao Gong as seen in Qianzhong, a product Huaxia rating of 85

Auction Company: Shanghai Hosheng Spring Auction 2023 - Ancient Coins Miscellaneous SilverSold on: 2023-03-17

Deal**:rmb 1725000Brief description of the lot: Qing "Xianfeng Heavy Treasure" Baoquan Bureau as a ten carved mother, diameter: 326mm, this money is cast by fine copper, golden ripe and beautiful, the money body is huge and heavy, the font is very three-dimensional and deep, the strokes are slender and sharp, the charm is excellent, the chapter is smooth and smooth, the carving is extremely exquisite, it can be called a ghostly workmanship, the pulp is warm and moist, mellow and natural, straight to the point, this version is the layout of the formal circulation line, the carving mother of the official participation in the casting line money, there are many defects caused by various circulation, this money is well preserved, Xun is a rare standard, extremely rare, extremely beautiful.

Editor's note: The one who carves the mother, also known as the ancestral money, is the mother of the mother's money and the ancestor of making money. Where the method of casting money, first the refined copper or lead and tin hand-carved into the ancestral money, then turn the sand to cast the mother money, and then use the mother money to print the money. The money system is crucial, so ancestral money is the foundation of coinage in the Qing Dynasty, and has always been cherished by collectors. This carved mother, thick and huge, copper pure, pulp is ripe and beautiful, mellow and natural, the knife is ingenious and not workmany, the text is simple and not clumsy, the craftsmanship is exquisite, it is done in one go, it is really rare, it is the treasure of clear money.

Auction company: China Guardian Spring Auction 2023 - Ancient Coins Gold and Silver Ingot Vintage coinsSold on 2023-06-15

Deal**:rmb 1495000

Lot Description: Bibliography: Zhang Guanghua's "Longquan Collection" Qing Wenzong Xianfeng Ingot Back Bao Gong Dang Qiankuo Yuan Sample Money (674×3.5 mm, 793 grams) is very rare, see Qi Zongyou's "Xianfeng Qian's Layout Series" (No. 10-1-1-1), Huaxia Rating, Jimei 85

Auction Company: Xiling Seal Society 2023 Spring Auction Transaction**:rmb 1,495,000Transaction date: August 7 Brief description of the lot: Qingchuan furnace bamboo chrysanthemum large money pair, four gentlemen set of money to spend money is even rarer. Diameter: 543-55.4mm

Auction Company: Hangzhou Yihe Spring Auction 2023 - Ancient Coins, Gold and Silver Ingots, Machine-made Coins.

Transaction Date: 2023-04-30

Deal**:rmb 1437500

Brief description of the lot: Qing Dynasty Beijing furnace book set of eight pieces of a group of Beijing furnace money is the Qing Dynasty Kyoto Spring, the source of the two bureaus to supervise the money, most of which for the court and the official class for special purposes, by no means such as the idle people can touch, so there is not much. Because of its exquisite calligraphy, lofty meaning, and exquisite casting, it fully demonstrates the leading position of the first bureau in the casting process, and has become the most beautiful part of the Qing Dynasty's spending.

Auction Company: Sichuan Dexuan 2022 Autumn Auction - Coin Sale.

Transaction Date: 2023-01-08

Deal**:rmb 1362000

Brief description of the lot: Qing Daoguang Tongbao Baoquan carved mother. Naked Coin 239*1.9mm/5.9g 。This money is cast by fine copper, the copper is excellent, the font is extremely three-dimensional and deep, the ground seal is smooth and smooth, the carving is extremely exquisite, the pulp is warm and moist, the quality is first-class, and it is extremely rare. The carver of the mother, also known as the ancestral money, is the mother of the mother's money and the ancestor of money. Where the method of casting money, first the refined copper or lead and tin hand-carved into the ancestral money, then turn the sand to cast the mother money, and then use the mother money to print the money. The money system is crucial, so ancestral money is the foundation of coinage in the Qing Dynasty, and has always been cherished by collectors. This carved mother, thick and huge, copper pure, pulp is ripe and beautiful, mellow and natural, the knife is ingenious and not workmany, the text is simple and not clumsy, the craftsmanship is exquisite, it is done in one go, it is really rare, it is the treasure of clear money.

Auction Company: Shanghai Hosheng 2023 Spring Auction - Ancient Coins Miscellaneous SilverSold Date: 2023-03-17 Transaction**:rmb 1207500Brief description of the lot: Qing "Xianfeng ingot" Baoquan Bureau as a thousand mother coin, orthographic version, diameter: 653mm, this product when the diameter of the thousand mother money is huge, the text is clear, slender and straight, the casting is excellent and standardized, showing the excellent casting process of the large mother money, the pulp is warm and ripe, straight to the point, at present, Baoquan when the mother money standard, only see this product, the Japanese collector plays many dreams of the old collection, can be met but not sought, extremely rare, extremely beautiful.

Auction Company: Hangzhou Yihe Spring Auction 2023 - Ancient Coins, Gold and Silver Ingots, Machine-made Coins.

Transaction Date: 2023-04-30

Deal**:rmb 1207500

Brief description of the lot: A set of 10 pieces of Baoquan set of flowers in the Qing Dynasty.

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