Chunhua Yuanbao was cast in the first year of Chunhua, Taizong of the Northern Song Dynasty (AD 990). According to legend, Qian Wen wrote the so-called "Imperial Pen" in Zhao Guangyi, Song Taizong, which can be divided into three types: regular script, running script and cursive script, while the word "Yuanbao" in regular script still belongs to official script. Read clockwise, bare back.
Money is a "Chunhua Yuanbao" copper coin that was cast and circulated during the Chunhua period of Taizong in the Northern Song Dynasty (990). On the back of the money, Yang Wen's Zuo Li and two Buddha statues sitting on Xiangyun are engraved (referring to the teenager who is good at managing money and Guanyin Bodhisattva "the teenager worships Guanyin"). Their shapes, positions and sizes are roughly the same as those in Shen Mingyong's Catalogue of Golden Buddha Statues, which indicates that the ancients took Chun Yan as a reference. Ingeniously using the width of the coin edge and the thickness of the coin meat of Chunhua Yuanbao, the raised picture was carved naturally, clearly and solemnly, showing the level of metal carving technology at that time. For example, the carving process is exquisite and skillful, and the knife workers leave no traces, which makes the whole picture lines smooth and tortuous. Starting from the real thing, the author should not only outline the raised pattern, but also master the thickness of the money meat, and carve the blank of the money back just right, thus enhancing the three-dimensional effect of the characters and auspicious clouds in the picture and revealing the spirit of showing off. The most exquisite thing is to copy and carve the original gold coins of Chunhua Yuanbao Buddha statue on the circulating copper coins, which fully shows the ancient people's admiration for Chunhua Yuanbao Buddha statue money.
China first discovered the money of "Chunhua Yuanbao" Buddha statue in the Song Dynasty in the spring of 1988. From the physical point of view, the coin has a diameter of 24mm, a thickness of 1.2mm, a diameter of 5mm, and a protruding figure of Buddha of 2 mm. Mr. Hua Guangpu, a contemporary collector, writer and coin appraiser in China, wrote in his monograph Catalogue of Color Photographs of Ancient Coins in China (published by Harbin Publishing House in March 2003 1 version). The Song Dynasty was a very developed period of ancient metal money in China. In the early Song Dynasty, there were three kinds of "Chunhua Yuanbao": original works, lines and cursive scripts, which were written by Song Taizong himself, namely the so-called Imperial Money. Many coins of Chongning Bao Tong and Daguan Bao Tong were written by Song Huizong, which is called thin gold body. Yuan? Bao Tong's ci was written by Sima Guang and Su Dongpo. Besides, there is a lot of money.
Coins are cast with various patterns or marks, such as stars, moons, suns, moons, moons and lotus patterns. There is a kind of Kaiyuan money, with a moon-leaning image and a moon-leaning image on the perforation. The source of this month's article, some people say, is that when the money was presented to the emperor, the queen pinched a nail print, but she dared not change it when minting money and left it on the back of the money. Some people even say that this "writing on the moon" is Yang Guifei's nail mark. People in the Jin Dynasty once wrote a poem, "There is no reason to see the fall of Chai Jin, but a twist mark is hidden in Kaiyuan". Another expert believes that this is influenced by the pattern of the stars and the moon on the coins of the Western Regions, and it is the pattern or mark of the coins.
The two Buddha statues cast on the back of Chunhua Yuanbao are supported by the lotus throne and Xiangyun. Lotus is a symbol of Buddhism, which shows that this kind of gold coin has a certain relationship with Buddhist activities at that time. Buddhism was introduced into China in the Eastern Han Dynasty and reached its peak in the Tang Dynasty. However, due to the five dynasties' local separatist regime, Buddhism was devastated. In the early years of the Song Dynasty, the Song regime gave appropriate protection to Buddhism, stopped destroying monasteries, and sent people to India to seek dharma, so that Buddhism was restored. This batch of Buddhist money unearthed in Wutai Mountain was specially cast by Song Taizong when he visited Wutai Mountain during Chunhua period, which fully showed that the Song regime attached importance to Buddhism.
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After the money of "Chunhua Yuanbao" was unearthed, it was resold by migrant workers. Later, in the Hong Kong coin market, a dollar can be exchanged for a luxury car, which is precious. Later, the Public Security Bureau of Fuping County, Hebei Province cracked this extraordinarily large case of reselling ancient gold coins and seized 1343 pieces of "Chunhua Yuanbao" gold coins in the Song Dynasty. To this end, the national cultural relics management department held an award ceremony to commend meritorious personnel.
The two Buddha statues on the back of "Chunhua Yuanbao" money are lifelike. On the right is Guanyin Bodhisattva sitting on the lotus seat, and on the left is an auspicious teenager standing on the lotus petal seat with his hands folded. It should be a picture of a boy worshipping a child.
What you see in the market are fakes, among which there are few pure gold, mostly made of copper, rough and inferior, or coated with gold powder.