Posted 06/24/2013 5:52 pm
Chinese coins are rounder than their Western counterparts because they have a built-in mechanism to give them a round shape.
The reason Chinese coins have a square hole in them is so that, after the rough coins were cast, a whole bunch of them could be pushed down onto a square rod. They could then be turned on a lathe to remove the rough cast edges and make them nice and round.
Many years later, the square hole in a round coin was given symbolic meaning. But the coins were originally designed that way for purely practical reasons.
The reason Chinese coins have a square hole in them is so that, after the rough coins were cast, a whole bunch of them could be pushed down onto a square rod. They could then be turned on a lathe to remove the rough cast edges and make them nice and round.
Many years later, the square hole in a round coin was given symbolic meaning. But the coins were originally designed that way for purely practical reasons.
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