Currently, the gold cakes unearthed in China has larger quantities, and mainly unearthed in the Han dynasty tombs. Gold cakes, is the heavy currency coins that circulated in the ancient, the shapes are mostly horseshoe shape and Trench-shaped, so can be known as Horseshoe or Trench gold, most gold cakes have the stamps of texts or symbols. Ancient people's living conditions are poor, they are often to be starved and underfed. Therefore, in the ancient decades of the “hunger breeds discontentment”, cake is a symbol of abundance, the money made into cake-shape is also a symbol of implication of the life such “be well-fed and well-clothed.” In addition, gold cakes in many cases had been given to others as reward things by the Dignitaries. For the modern society, which generally has the higher economic levels, tuns the gold cakes are mainly used for the collection.

 

Gold-plated tungsten cakes refer to plating the tungsten cake-shape semi-finished products with gold plating solution so that make them commemorative collectibles just like gold commemorative collectibles. Even gold-plated tungsten cakes are not as value as gold cakes, but it also can be used for reflecting the Chinese cultures. Although contemporary society, people's lives are no longer as poor as in ancient times, but gold-plated tungsten cakes are still loved by many collectors due to their commemorate and respect of history and culture of China.