Why did Chinese coins have holes in them?

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1. #rough
2. #middle
3. #smooth
4. #produced
5. #filed
6. #coins
7. #threaded
8. #chinese
9. #could
10. #strings
11. #collections
12. #allow
13. #square
14. #handling
15. #edges