If you like history or like collecting coins, you must have heard of a name - The third grade of platinum . It is said that Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty went to war and the treasury was in short supply, so he issued three large-denomination coins to cut leeks, which is the third grade of platinum.
Because people at that time believed that "there is no better use for heaven than a dragon, no better use for earth than a horse, and no better use for man than a turtle." Based on the theory of a round sky and a square place and the shape of the turtle shell , Yousi identified these three silver coins as round dragon coins. Square Ringgit and Oval Turtle Coin.
However, after a thousand years, all three currencies were lost - but this could not help the people of Qing Dynasty . They used their rich imagination to restore these three currencies and then drew them in books.
Later cultural relic dealers used this ancient book from the Qing Dynasty to make crazy fakes and produced a large number of fake antiques. It must be said that the degree of restoration was very high and deceived many people.
Because of this scam, countless people lost their money. Until a few years ago, archaeological teams excavated many ancient tombs and unearthed a large number of counterfeit coins from the Han Dynasty, including three-grade platinum coins made of lead, as shown in the picture below.
Only then did people know what the real third-grade platinum looked like. The counterfeiting business of cultural relic dealers was also on the right track, and people who liked collecting encountered greater challenges.
I have to say that in the five thousand years of history, this is not a big mistake.
