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Bedrock of the Community
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Over the years there have been numerous different coins made just for flipping. The pig one already shown was one of the more popular ones some time back. Another popular one was of a lady, complete front on one side and complete rear on the other. Aside from magicians coins, a two sided head or tails also was popular for flipping. Some were political with a candidate's head on one side and a donkey or elephant on the other. A friend of mine some time back had a sort of collection of them and just gave them all away.
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Pillar of the Community
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QUOTE: popular one was of a lady, complete front on one side and complete rear on the other.Googling for that one right now! 
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12/16/2011 3:51 pm
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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QUOTE: popular one was of a lady, complete front on one side and complete rear on the other.
Googling for that one right now! It's on ebay now for $1.99. Better than I remember too. |
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United States
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United States
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I can't think of the last time I flipped a coin for any reason. Interesting.
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United States
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Bedrock of the Community
Australia
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Australian soldiers during WW1 played 'TWO UP' with Edward V11 British pennies and folk lore has it that they were the best coins in the World for 'flip 'n toss' gambling games.
Even today, when TWO UP is officially illegal, is allowed to be played in registered Clubs by returned soldiers, on ANZAC DAY, 25th April.
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 United States
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I think I am going to starting carrying a liberty half dollar around to flip lol. I just happen to have one for some reason.....lol
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Valued Member
United States
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I flip a coin almost every day. Found an app that I downloaded to my iphone.
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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I have about a dozen of the type featuring a human female.
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Rest in Peace
United States
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Studies where a coin is flipped millions of times have shown that they're not 50/50 in results, but weighted to one side.
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Studies where a coin is flipped millions of times have shown that they're not 50/50 in results, but weighted to one side. They covered this on Penn & Teller Tell a Lie this year. For anyone familiar with the show, this was not the lie for that episode. In other words, it true. Since the observe and reverse have different designs, the center of mass is typically shifted towards one side. |
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United States
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I've been carrying silver dollars for over a year now. I thought it might be neat to pull it out when anyone asks around for coins for a coin flip. Hasn't happened yet.
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United States
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LOL man time to figure out which coin is weighted more for my flipping coin
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Posted 12/16/2011 3:49 pm
