Coin Flip Question for Non-Americans
 

Just out of curiousity, for those nations where their coins do not necessarily have a "head" on one side, do you use the term "heads or tails" when you do a coin flip?

Or, is there some standard way to determine which side is heads for all coins? Such as maybe using the side with the mint year as heads and other side as tails? Is there any standard for this?

-RMJ

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do you use the term "heads or tails" when you do a coin flip?

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I like to sound extra pretentious, so I use "obverse or reverse?"


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I say heads or tails. On one side of the Canadian quarter, there's a moose (or is it a deer?). On the other side, there's a pic of Elizabeth. On our loonie, one side has a loon. The other side, once again, is a picture of queen elizabeth. It's implied that the side that isn't heads is tails, regardless of what's on it.

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In norway we flop for "crown" or "mint".

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A numismatist among us.

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Us aussies actually have 'heads' AND 'tails'. All of our coins have the queen on one side, and most have an animal on the other.

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Somebody please take charge of the joke response for this one.

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In South Africa, there are no heads on coins. However, we still use exactly the same system, whereby the front of the coin (identified as the part with the denomination on it) is "tails."

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Or, is there some standard way to determine which side is heads for all coins? Such as maybe using the side with the mint year as heads and other side as tails?

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There are US coins with the mint year on the tails side.

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In South Africa, there are no heads on coins. However, we still use exactly the same system, whereby the front of the coin (identified as the part with the denomination on it) is "tails."

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Are you aware that here tails is the back of the coin?

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Us aussies actually have 'heads' AND 'tails'.

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Does it get in the way when you wipe your ass?

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Somebody please take charge of the joke response for this one.

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I do hope this is satisfactory.

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I had a lacrosse referee friend who had an oversized coin with the Queen of England on one side and a platypus on the other. When he would do coin tosses at the beginning of the game he'd ask the visiting captain to call "Queen or Pus"

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I saw his reply before yours and chose not to fix it.

"Does it get in the way when you wipe your ass?"

No. Our tails came to being from too much sex with kangaroos. kangaroos have several uses:
1. Transport, great to ride around on (pouch often isn't large enough).
2. Sport, run around tackling kangaroos, fighting them, kicking them, it's all good for entertainment. That's why we're good at rugby.
3. Great for lonely nights. After a a dozen drinks a female (or even male!!) kangaroo looks pretty damn inviting.

Anyway we all actually do have tails. At the bottom of our spine.

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That should be "puss" (as in pussy) since it's pronounced plat-r-puss

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Eh? Since when do Australians know how to pronounce anything?

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That should be "puss" (as in pussy) since it's pronounced plat-r-puss

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huh? plat R puss?

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Or, is there some standard way to determine which side is heads for all coins? Such as maybe using the side with the mint year as heads and other side as tails?

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There are US coins with the mint year on the tails side.

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I suppose you're referring to select gold coins from the 1800s. Also, there are some US coins that don't have a head, such as the 2-cent piece, but I've never been in a coin-flipping situation with them.

-RMJ

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Or, is there some standard way to determine which side is heads for all coins? Such as maybe using the side with the mint year as heads and other side as tails?

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There are US coins with the mint year on the tails side.

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I suppose you're referring to select gold coins from the 1800s. Also, there are some US coins that don't have a head, such as the 2-cent piece, but I've never been in a coin-flipping situation with them.

-RMJ

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The "new" state quarters have the year on tails, as do, maybe, the new nickels.

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Eh, read blargs post above yours.

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We watch too much american tv...