Are ancient coins cultural relics? Is buying and selling illegal?

First of all, all ancient coins are cultural relics, but they are divided into general cultural relics and precious cultural relics, and precious cultural relics are divided into first, second and third grade cultural relics. So what kind of coins belong to precious cultural relics, the so-called classification is defined for a specific cultural relic, and the cultural relic classification standard issued by the Ministry of Culture only gives a reference standard, and there is no specific list.

If there is any problem, the authoritative department will decide which level the cultural relic belongs to, and National Cultural Heritage Administration will be responsible for the interpretation of this standard. Market supervision has probably been studied. Most of them belong to precious cultural relics before the Tang Dynasty. Secondly, I refer to the third-class ancient coins in the collection listed on the museum website, including pre-Qin Daobu, Beibei and even Wang Mang's Koizumi Neichi, which are all listed as third-class cultural relics.

And our common Qian Fan, carved mother, etc., are also precious cultural relics. Another way to avoid it is to choose formal channels to buy, such as qualified cultural relics shops. Including those we returned from abroad and paid taxes at the customs. These are safe and handed down from home. Even if they are dug out of the walls of old houses, these are private properties that can be traded and collected, but if they are found in the wild, they are likely to violate the law.