Friends who play copper dollars, especially those who play the Red Army coins, have a certain understanding of the Soviet five points and eight treasures, and everyone knows that the Soviet five points and eight treasures refer to the extremely rare eight varieties of Soviet five points copper coins, but few people can say it completely and accurately, so today we have a ** from the relevant works of the famous Red Army coin collector Hong Rongchang. (*And part of the text is excerpted from "Hong Rongchang takes you into the "Red Collection" (38) - a rare five-cent copper coin "Eight Treasures").
Moreover, if one is to say about the financial history of the Red Army period, the Soviet currency is an inevitable topic. In November 1931, after the Red Army smashed the 123rd encirclement and suppression of the Kuomintang, the Provisional Chinese Soviet Republic was established, and in March of the following year, the State Bank of the Chinese Soviet Republic was established, with Mao ** as the president, and began to issue currency. The Soviet five-cent copper coin was minted during this period, and due to the difficult conditions of the base area, the copper coin mold was often replaced until it was broken, and there was no situation where the positive and negative molds were replaced, but mixed and matched with each other, so it also caused the situation that the Soviet copper coin was small and varied.
The design of the Soviet five-cent copper coin is quite different from that of the Soviet one-cent, the pattern in the bead circle on the obverse is a map of China, plus the party emblem, in addition to the name of the political party, and the words "one yuan for each two pieces" are added at the bottom.
The production of Soviet five-cent copper coins is relatively large, and there are many subdivisions, mainly according to the presence and absence of the islands at the bottom of the obverse map, and the distance and proximity.
The Soviet five-cent copper coin "Eight Treasures" refers to the extremely rare eight varieties of Soviet five-cent copper coins, the most well-known is the five-cent "islandless" version, but this "islandless" version is the largest in the world.
Here is an explanation of the two ears on the reverse of the Soviet five-cent copper coin, with ears of rice on the left and ears of wheat on the right.
1. The "62 beads" version refers to the fact that there are only 62 beads in the five-point bead circle, and the surviving grade is 5 stars.
2. In the "Eight Grains" version, there are 21, 22, and 23 grains of grain decorated on the left side of the reverse of the Soviet five-cent copper coin. And the millet of an ear of grain is divided into three rows of left, middle and right, here the right row is 8 grains, and the grains of the whole ear of grain are arranged according to 878, which is the "eight grains" version, also called the "23 grain version", which is relatively rare, and the survival level is 5 stars.
*Not yet. 3. "Round Knot" version. It refers to the fact that the knot under the ear of rice is round (normally triangular), and the survival level is 4 stars.
Fourth, the "crescent" version. The Soviet five-cent copper coin got its name from the fact that there is a raised part shaped like a crescent moon on the upper right side of the "five" on the reverse, which is basically determined to be caused by a damaged or unqualified mold. There are many secret notes (small dots on the surface of the coin). Survival Rating: 3 stars.
Fifth, the "side" version. The lower left side of the reverse of the copper coin has a tooth edge attached to it, and the survival level is 3 stars.
6. "21 grains" version. There are only 21 grains on the left side of the back. Survival Rating: 2 stars.
7. "22 grains" version. On the right side of the reverse of the coin is decorated with ears of wheat, which have 19, 20, 21, and 22 grains. The ears of wheat are arranged in three rows, left, middle and right, and there are very few 22 grains. Survival Rating: 2 stars.
8. The "islandless" version refers to the fact that there are no small islands next to the large islands on the front of the coin. Survival Rating: 1 star.
However, I personally believe that among the "Eight Treasures" of the Soviet five-cent copper coins, only the "round knot" version, the "border" version and the "islandless" version can be called large, and the others can only be regarded as small versions. In recent years, with the continuous development of red culture, the collection of Soviet copper coins has gradually improved, and the transaction of good quality Soviet copper coins is not low, and there is a certain space, so it is still recommended that everyone pay attention to and shoot when encountering good quality Soviet copper coins.