Coin Flip Question for Non-Americans

[RocketManJames]

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

[Eurotrash]

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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?"


<font color="white"> I don't actually do this.</font>

[phixxx]

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.

[Blarg]

A numismatist among us.

[Arnfinn Madsen]

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

[Mr_J]

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.

[Blarg]

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

[ddubois]

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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.

[Mr_J]

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.

[JackWilson]

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."