1.Even the word coin, translates from the Latin "cuneus," meaning wedge, and was thusly named because early coins ressembled the wedges the dies used to coin coins.

1.甚至“coin”(硬币)一词，文“cuneus”翻译过来的，意思“子”。之所以称之为“子”，早期的硬币与用来铸造硬币的形模具很相似。