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.

甚至“coin”()词，是从拉丁文“cuneus”翻译过来，意思是“子”。之所以称之为“子”，是由于早期与用来铸造形模具很相似。