What is the difference between official and private ingots?

Distinguish between official and private banks. There is a big difference between the official silver ingot of the same specification and the private silver ingot, and the price of the official silver is often several times that of the private silver. First, because the amount of official silver that has been handed down is smaller; second, because the official silver is full of color and the production is more exquisite; The third is because the value of the historical materials attached to the official bank is orthodox and reliable, and those who buy it can rest assured.

In addition, the appreciation rate of official silver ingots in good condition in the Ming and Qing dynasties is also relatively fast, especially the tax silver and silver ingots engraved with inscriptions in financial historical materials, which are much larger than ordinary varieties.

Look at the color. During the Song and Yuan dynasties, in order to inspect the fineness of silver ingots, the inscriptions recorded the duties of pedestrians, warehouses, weighing silver warehouses, and supervising casting officials; In the Jin Dynasty, the procedure for re-inspection of fineness and weight was added, so the fineness of ancient silver ingots was generally more than 95%, or even 99%. In contrast, counterfeit silver ingots have a very low silver content and a darker color, not to mention "jewelry".

At present, most of the common silver ingot fakes on the market are in lead core and gilt silver, and the surface color is black, and there will be traces of sealing and welding at the bottom.

Observe textures, pores. Before the Qing Dynasty, silver water with low purity could not form spiral silk patterns on the surface of genuine silver ingots when condensed, which was one of the ways to identify the fineness. However, in the late Qing Dynasty, the production of such fine lines could be controlled artificially, and collectors needed to pay attention to the honeycomb-like pores on the surface of the silver ingots.

Generally speaking, the pores are deep, and the holes are round and shiny, indicating that the silver ingot has high fineness. The pores naturally generated in the casting process are generally small mouths and large holes, with different depths. The pores of the forged silver ingots have large mouths and small holes, and the depth is uniform.

The difference between official and private silver ingots.

The silver ingots of the Ming and Qing dynasties were divided into official casting and private casting, most of the silver ingots cast by the official cast had the name of the silver bureau, and the silver ingots cast privately were generally cast with private silver money numbers and so on, and the status of the two was also very different. The official silver ingot treasure has supreme credibility.

Its status is difficult to achieve with privately minted silver ingots, so the collection of official silver ingots is the main target of collectors. In the collectibles trading market, the same specification of the official silver ingot and the private silver ingot ** is very different, the official silver ingot is often several times or even more than ten times the private silver ingot, from this point alone, it fully illustrates the status of the official silver ingot.

The explanation of the ingot is as follows:1.Parts for winding yarn on spinning wheels or spinning machines: sub. Yarn.

2.Lumps made of metal or drugs, etc.: gold. Silver. Steel.

3.Measure words, used for gold and silver ingots and ink: one gold.

4.Ancient food steaming utensils with sufficient capacity.

Noun:

Shape sound. From the gold, the sound. Original meaning: the ancient steamed vessel that held cooked food without feet).

Same as the original meaning. Ingot and stirrup also. - Sayings.

Anointment lamp. The candlestick is also the ingot of the candle. ——Qing · Mao Qiling's "Identification of Ritual Popular Score III".

Large metal casts. Such as: gold ingots; Silver ingots.

Lumps. Such as: medicine tablets; powder ingots; Purple gold ingots.

A pointed rod wound around a spinning wheel or spinning machine. Such as: spindles.

Drugs made into lumps. Such as: universal ingots.

Measure words:

A unit of measurement for gold, silver, ink, etc.

And he ordered it to be broken, and there were hundreds of ingots of gold and silver in it. —Burning and Burying—"History of the Old Five Dynasties".

Compounds:

1.锭子茶 [dìng zǐ chá].

Brick tea. 2.锭子 [dìng zi].

Spindles. In hand-spinning, the two ends are pointed to a round rod with a thick middle, on which the yarn is wound.

3.锭shell [dìng ké].

A tubular shell that is placed on a spindle (a part of the spinning machine). A tubular shell on a spindle (a part of a spinning machine that winds and crosses the yarn).

4.锭锞 [dìng kè].

i.e. ingots. Gold and silver ingots burned during worship to gods and ghosts.

5.锭器 [dìng qì].

Refers to silverware.