 Their weight is very variable, and their alloy often contains a high proportion of lead.The name Ant [and] Nose refers to the appearance of the inscriptions, and is nothing to do with keeping ants out of the noses of corpses.The only minted gold of this period known is "Chu gold block money" (), which consists of sheets of gold 3–5 mm thick, of various sizes, with inscriptions consisting of square or round stamps in which there are one or two characters.