Casting error.
I think unintended cast inclusion, which should not be there
has resulted in the questioned feature.
Interesting, but not much extra value.
Chinese cast cash coins, of most Emperors and Dynasties, were made in truly industrial quantities, for well over a thousand years.
An extensive and interesting collection of a hundred or so examples,
of as many different Emperors as reasonable, identified by their Reign Titles, can be built up for a relatively small outlay.