Toss-Up FREE - 3D Coin Flipping for Android

11 things about Toss-Up FREE - 3D Coin Flipping

1. In Germany the game is called Kopf oder Zahl and in Greece Korona i grammata ("head or number", because the other side shows the coin's value).

2. In Ireland it is usually called Heads or Harps (Irish: Ceann nó Cláirseach), since the obverse side of Irish coins (both Euro and the former currency, the Irish punt) always shows a harp.

3. On Brazilian coins, one of the sides are called "Cara" (marked with a face); the other side is called "Coroa" (crown, or another symbol).

4. In Peru it is called Cara o Sello ("face or seal", because the other side shows the Great Seal of the State).

5. Most coins have a side where the imprint of a person's head, such as a current or former head of state, is impressed — this side is called the "heads" side.

6. In Italy this game is called Testa o croce, in Spain Cara o cruz and in Catalonia the game is called Cara o Creu (all "head or cross").

7. The cross was the major design element on one side of many coins, and the Pile was the bottom part of the die used to cast the other side of the coin.

8. The other side is called the "tails" side, irrespective of its design.

9. Generally, one person throws the coin up in the air, and the second person must predict which side of the coin will lie face up after it rests back on the ground.

10. In Norway kron denotes the side that shows the kings profile, while mynt is the side that showns the coins value.

11. Swedes use krona eller klave ("crown or hoof"), as old Swedish coinage depicted the regent (or the insignia of the regent) on the obverse (the word "crown" often being used to mean the king), and a highly stylized heraldic shield, reminding people of a hoof, on the reverse.