Chapter 44 – Sieving the coins! (1/2)
Afternoon.
14:30 pm.
Dong Xuebing was panting as he carried a big bundle of coins back to his ward. He dropped the big bundle of coins on the floor beside his bed, in front of the old man and his son. Clink…… Clank…… the coins made a loud noise as it was dropped on the floor.
The old man was stunned: “What are you doing, young man?”
The tired Dong Xuebing turned to him and smiled: “I bought some ancient coins.”
The old man’s son said. “You also do not need to buy so many coins.”
“Hehe…… I am just buying these coins for fun.” Dong Xuebing saw the old man’s son’s Samsung laptop beside his bed. He asked: “Brother, I saw you surfing the net yesterday. Are you using the 3G network? If you are not using the laptop now, can I use it?”
The old man’s son generously pushed his laptop towards Dong Xuebing: “Sure. Use it.”
“Thank you.”
“Don’t mention it. Your Aunt had helped my father get water and wash his trays when I was not around. I still need to thank her.”
To prevent the nurses and doctors from gossiping about him, Dong Xuebing did not dare to pour all the coins out. He placed the bundle of coins at a corner beside his bed and took out the coins bit by bit to count them. After counting the coins, Dong Xuebing was pissed. What 1,400 coins? There were not even 1,000 coins in the bundle. Damn.
Dong Xuebing switched on the laptop and connect to the internet. He starts to look at the pictures of ancient coins on the net and match it to the coins.
He was not an expert on antique appraising and had to rely on the internet.
5 minutes……
10 minutes……
20 minutes……
As Dong Xuebing examines each and every coin, he realized that there was a vast variety of coins in the bundle.
There were Chong Ning Zhong Bao, Kai Yuen Tong Bao, Xuan He Tong Bao, metal and copper coins mixed in the bundle.
Dong Xuebing starts to read up about coins collection on a few websites and forums, at the same time he was sorting out the coins. Those that were more prominent were easily picked out. He sorts it according to the dynasty like Song, Tang and by the types of coins. Most of the coins were not worth much. At most, it was worth a few RMB per coin. Some does not even have value.
Dong Xuebing picked those worthless coins and placed it into another bag.
1 coin……
10 coins……
50 coins……
This was tiring and tedious work. It needs lots of patients.
After sorting the coins for the whole afternoon, the meal trolley appeared outside the ward. It was dinner time.
Dong Xuebing took a break and ate his dinner. After dinner, he continued to sieve through the coins.
330 coins……
350 coins……
410 coins……