Part I Identification and Discrimination of Gold and Silver Materials Chapter I Gold Section I Gold-Gold Characteristics Section II History of Gold Production and Use in China 1. Golden term 2. Gold smelting and refining. History of Gold Use in China Section II Platinum-Brief Introduction to Platinum Section III Identification and Discrimination of Gold Material 1. The authenticity of gold materials and its judgment method 1. Identification of authenticity of gold products II. Forged gold products II. Identification and discrimination of gold coins 1. Identification of gold bars. Forgery of gold bars. Identification of gold coins. Identification of gold jewelry and imitation gold jewelry 1. Identification of imitation gold jewelry II. Identification of imitation gold jewelry. Identification of gold jewelry. Evaluation of gold fineness. Identification of gold wares. Determination of gold bars. Identification and identification of platinum 1. Identification of platinum 1. Traditional recognition method eye recognition method 3. Identification of technical identification methods for platinum and silver; Chapter II Color Identification of Platinum; Section 1 Introduction to Silver 1. History of silver use II. Characteristics of silver III. Section II Classification of Silver; Identification and discrimination of silver 1. The authenticity of silver II. Identification of silver adulteration and forgery of silver 1. Adulteration and imitation of silver II. The third section briefly introduces the history of coin silver and coin silver. Two silver coins and three silver coins were identified. The third chapter identifies and dates the ancient gold and silver vessels. The identification of ancient gold and silver wares is in the first part. The basic technology of making ancient gold and silver wares is 1. Casting 2. Hammer and gold coating, gold plating and flat off 3. Extrusion and drawing 4. Fried beads 5. Carving 6. Gold plated 7. Welding 8. Gold and silver inlaid and dislocated by tired silk and filament 9 Section 2 Identification of ancient gold and silver vessels 1. Appearance of objects II. Material identification 3. Modeling 4. Decorations. Process 6. Inscription Section 3 Imitation and Identification of Ancient Gold and Silver Wares Section 4 Sui and Tang Dynasties Section 6 Song, Liao and Jin Dynasties Section 7 Yuan Dynasty Section 8 Ming Dynasty Section 9 Qing Dynasty Chapter 5 Appreciation and Collection of Ancient Gold and Silver Wares Section 1 Preservation and Maintenance of Ancient Gold and Silver Wares Section 2 Collection and Market Prospects of Ancient Gold and Silver Wares Section 2 Appendix Market Prospects Postscript