五年前某日上午,天阴。笔者去西安古玩市场,在自称为周至县人的两位中年男摊主的摊位上寻觅,购得一枚“咸通玄宝”古币,摊主说他是在本县市场购得的。笔者以前曾想过,唐代铸过咸通玄宝钱,但买过赝品,并无见过其真形。身处古都,应多加小心观察,留意该币踪影。真巧,终于在那天被我有缘相遇发现。该币有以下四个方面特征:(一) One morning five years ago, the sky was cloudy. The author went to the antiques market in Xi’an, looking for the middle-aged male stall owner of Zhouzhi County to buy a “Xian Tong Xuan Bao ” old coin, the stallholder said he was in the county market purchase Got it. I had thought before, the Tang Dynasty Xiantong salted treasure, but bought counterfeit, has never seen its true shape. Living in the ancient capital, should be more careful observation, pay attention to the currency traces. Really clever, finally found on that day I met. The currency has the following four characteristics: (a)