In the old days, wooden nickels were the round wood objects morticians put on the eyes of corpses to keep them closed during the embalming process.

• 过去，木制镍币是一种圆形似钱币的木头，承办殡葬的人把它们放在死者的眼睛上，这样在对尸体进行防腐处理时，死人的眼睛就不会张开。