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Many reasons:

  • A flat round shape is easy to grasp.

  • The shape ensures that people do not injure their hands while handling them.

  • A round shape lessens degradation. Coins in a square shape tend to degrade on the corners.

  • Manufacturing a circle is easier due to more balanced heat cooling after the molten metal is put into the mold.

  • Where coins have holes in them, having a circular shape makes it less likely that the coins will break, as pressure is better distributed.

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