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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? [/ QUOTE ] I like to sound extra pretentious, so I use "obverse or reverse?" <font color="white"> I don't actually do this.</font> |
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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? [/ QUOTE ] 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." [/ QUOTE ] [img]/images/graemlins/frown.gif[/img] Are you aware that here tails is the back of the coin? |
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