Money, Root of all evil? Or luxury? This document states the uses of currency that Emperor Qin introduced during his rule. These coins are usually made up of stone and rock. However the coins had many differentials from papyrus and normal everyday coin, These coins had small-sized square holes in the middle of the coin, and sometimes had designs and symbols on the rung of the coin. Its unknown why this is, but it is speculated to be of just design ratio and/or tradition..