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HOW DID FLIPPING A COIN BECOME A DECISION-MAKER?
I came across this interesting bit of coin trivia this
week, but have no idea if it's true or how to verify it. Has anyone come
across this explanation of coin-tossing before? -Editor
The Lydians
minted the first coins in 10 BC but it wasn.t until nine hundred years
later that the coin toss became a decision-maker. Julius Caesar.s head
appeared on one side of every Roman coin of his time, and such was the
reverence for the emperor that in his absence often serious litigation was
decided by the flip of a coin. If Caesar.s head landed upright, it meant
that through the guidance of the gods, he agreed in absentia with the
decision in question.To read the complete article, see: How did flipping a coin become a decision-maker? (http://honeyandfunny.blog.co.in/2008/08/04/
how-did-flipping-a-coin-become-a-decision-maker/)
Wayne Homren, Editor
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