Chapter 15: Chapter 15: Rare Is Valuable—This One, Seven Figures!
As soon as these words were spoken, the viewers became even more confused.
"What does that mean?"
"Ah, my head hurts, I need to think harder."
"Lin Xiao, can you explain it more clearly? I don't understand."
Lin Xiao replied, "The first young man was a setup, and the second one who came to ask me for money was also a setup. This kind of thing is very common in the antique market; I ran into one this morning, if you're interested, you can go check it out."
"But, setups aside, the items are indeed genuine."
"How should I put it..." Lin Xiao paused to organize his thoughts and said, "Basically, the stall owner is selling some real things, but he doesn't even know it himself."
"I understand now!"
"So, the items are real, the setups are real, but unexpectedly, we ran into Lin Xiao, who's an expert at identifying treasures. The fake setup turned out to be real. He thought it was fake, but it's actually real. Is that the idea?"
"The class representative summarized it well."
"I'm dying of laughter. The stall owner must be an idiot, right?"
"He doesn't even know whether his own stuff is real or fake, yet he dares to run a stall?"
"Exactly, with that level of expertise, why would you run a stall? Wouldn't it be better to find treasures yourself?"
"Is the streamer too confident? Are you sure the stuff you bought is real?"
"Yeah, don't get fooled."
Lin Xiao took out one of the Yuan Datou coins and said, "I bought ten in total, seven of which are real, and three are fake. Among these seven real ones, four are regular pieces, worth only two or three hundred Yuan each."
"Yuan Datou has many versions, and different versions have different prices."
"This coin I have here is from the third year of the Republic of China, a regular version, genuine, but its market value is only about two or three hundred Yuan."
He then took out another coin and said, "This one is also from the third year of the Republic of China, but the price of this one... you probably won't believe it."
"How much?"
"Feels like Lin Xiao is about to reveal his big move."
"Is it worth 30,000 Yuan?"
"Hold on, I'll go get some heart medicine."
Lin Xiao said, "This one's market value is about 1.6 million Yuan!"
The livestream room suddenly went quiet.
After several seconds, the viewers finally reacted.
"How much?"
"Did you just add an extra zero?"
"1.6 million Yuan?"
"One broken silver coin, why is it worth so much?"
"Is the streamer having a psychotic episode?"
The viewers were in disbelief.
They thought 30,000 Yuan a coin was outrageous, but now Lin Xiao said this one was worth 1.6 million!
This was completely unbelievable!
Lin Xiao continued, "As I said, there are many versions of the Yuan Datou coin, some are cheap, only a few hundred Yuan, some are more expensive, reaching millions, or even tens of millions."
"This coin, from the third year of the Republic of China, also called the O-version triangle circle, has an O mark on it, which is right here."
He pointed to the center of the coin where there was an O shape.
"Besides that, if you look closely at the character '圎' in the word '壹圎,' the upper part has a triangular feature."
"This version, the triangle-circle Yuan Datou silver coin, is extremely rare, you could call it a treasure."
"The rarity of a coin is the most important factor in determining its value. The saying 'the rarer, the more valuable' is a timeless principle, applicable to all collectibles."
"This version of the Yuan Datou is very popular in the coin-collecting circle. A few years ago, its market price was already over a million Yuan, and now it's about 1.5 to 1.6 million."
As Lin Xiao spoke confidently, the viewers didn't know what to say.
"So, is this thing really worth over a million?"
"I'm so jealous I could cry!"
"You just went to teach someone a lesson, and now you've emptied out their good stuff!"
"The stall owner is probably crying if he knows the truth."
"That stall owner probably still thinks Lin Xiao is a sucker."
Soon, Lin Xiao arrived at Baibaoge (Treasure Pavilion).
These kinds of shops don't have a lot of foot traffic; sometimes, they don't even get a few customers in a month.
But they don't make ordinary people's money. Plus, the clientele is steady, so they're never worried.
As he entered, Lin Xiao immediately saw Xu Rushan, who was leaning in a chair, watching Douyin (a popular Chinese short-video platform).
Hearing footsteps, Xu Rushan looked up and, upon seeing Lin Xiao, was immediately startled.
It's him again?
Hasn't he been here three times today?
Could he be selling something again?
No way.
"Xu Boss, busy?"
Lin Xiao smiled as he walked over and casually greeted him.
Xu Rushan stood up to greet him, "Not busy, not busy. Has Mr. Lin found some good stuff again?"
"Mm," Lin Xiao nodded and, without hesitation, took out ten Yuan Datou coins from his pocket.
Seeing the coins again, Xu Rushan wasn't surprised.
There are indeed real antiques in the antique market, but you need to have a sharp eye.
But someone like Lin Xiao, finding so many good deals in a day, is truly rare.
Xu Rushan asked, "Are these all?"
Lin Xiao shook his head, placing seven of them aside and leaving three in the middle of the table, saying, "Xu Boss, have a look."
"I'll take a look."
Xu Rushan didn't think much of it, assuming these were similar to the ones earlier in the day.
But when he picked one up and studied it for several minutes, he suddenly stiffened...