How to identify the authenticity of the five emperors' money

1. Look at Qian Wen. According to the writing characteristics of ancient money, it is generally possible to preliminarily judge its authenticity.

2. Look at the color. Because of its age, ancient coins are generally seriously rusted. No matter whether they are hard green rust or soil rust, they are all rusted to the bone, and even the whole body is rusted, so they cannot be easily peeled off.

3. Listen to the sound. The sound of ancient money is pure and honest, and there will be no inflection; Fake money will make a crisp sound.

4. smell the smell. The newly unearthed ancient coins have an earthy smell and a cordial feeling; Fake money has an unpleasant smell. 5. Weigh. The ancient money is old, and the anger has been removed. It feels slightly lighter than the new money.

The above methods are not absolute and isolated, but intertwined and complementary. When appraising, it is necessary to make a comprehensive investigation and analysis, not only to make detailed textual research at the micro level, but also to make a comprehensive investigation at the macro level.

Extended information:

There are two sources of ancient money: one is handed down from generation to generation. The closer this ancient money is to the present age, the more it has been handed down, and the more it has been handed down. The other is unearthed. Many people think that ancient money is unearthed from tombs, but it is not. Most of the ancient money we see today comes from cellar storage, which refers to the storage and storage of property in the cellar. Only a tiny part comes from tombs. There are two reasons:

1. There were no banks in ancient times, and the way people stored coins was to put them in containers and bury them in the ground or other private places. Especially in the period of war and famine, the people fled and were buried because of the inconvenience of carrying coins.

2. In ancient China, there were few customs of using coins as funerary objects. Emperors of past dynasties were not allowed to form the custom of using coins as funerary objects. Up to now, we can see from the tombs that have been discovered that most of the funerary objects in China's ancient tombs are gold and silver, jewelry, porcelain, jade, textiles and so on, while ancient coins are very few.

Reference:

Five Emperors Money _ Baidu Encyclopedia?