Why are coins round and not square or cubes, etc.?

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Why are coins round and not square or cubes, etc.?

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Lots of Chinese coins were different shapes. The ones with holes in the centre were called “cash” and were strung together for ease of carrying when people didn’t normally have pockets, but carried their cash in their sleeves.

Plenty of Indian low denomination coins were square.

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