Old imitation can be understood as imitation of old coins in old age, that is, fake ancient coins. Fake ancient coins are not circulating counterfeit money, and the so-called circulating counterfeit currency is like today's fake renminbi, which is aimed at counterfeiting circulating currency. Fake ancient coins are things that come into being with the collection of ancient coins. The old imitation is not a private coinage. Historically, private coinage was an unofficial standard coin that was stolen by the people, but it still had exchange value, but it was not worth much. However, there were times in history when the government allowed private minting. These are all historical currencies, which are often referred to as ancient coins.
The Northern Song Dynasty privately minted coins
With the rise of ancient coin collection, the old money of the past few hundred years has become more and more scarce, and the literati have collected them and studied them, so the ancient coins slowly began to be higher than the original value, and fake ancient coins were produced. It is not itself involved in the function of circulation and exchange. Therefore, it is also different from today's counterfeit money.
The old imitations were fakes used to deceive people at that time, but no matter whether they were true or false at the time, when they were more than a hundred years old, all the things in the world, whether real or fake, became antiques, or at least old things. When a fake is upgraded to an old one, the new imitation becomes the old one, and it will have some value. That's the value of time.
The above Qixiang Tongbao can be done as a whole, and the pulp is more natural, but the processing of its piercing, the text and the situation of the seal tell us that this thing is not in the Qing Dynasty, and it is an old imitation of the early years.
Although this money was not minted at that time, the old copper in the early years has a history of 100 years to this day, and the old imitation with a high level of imitation also has a certain value. However, the author believes that the collection of such things should not be too high, otherwise it is of little significance, and the space for future appreciation is limited.
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