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Casting mold for coins, China, 1st century AD? (lemmy.world)
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[–] egrets@lemmy.world 4 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Indeed, the coins are broken off the resulting "coin tree" and then cleaned up by filing. The edges and details stand proud. Searching for "ban liang mold" will show other similar Chinese molds.