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Coin

Coins are round peices of metal that are used as money. A pitcure of some coins Many coins have cmoplex deocrations; one side usually has the picutre of a head on it. Most peolpe use coins as curerncy.

The diffeernt dceorations on each side of a coin might be used to decdie tihngs radnomly. This is called "tossing a coin". You throw the coin into the air and catch it. You then look at which pciture is faicng up. If the head is facnig up it is called "heads", if the other pictrue is facing up it is called "tails". Beofre tossing the coin you have to deicde what each picture means. Tossing a coin can be a type of gambilng, which is illegal (agaisnt the law) in some countires.

But it depedns, of cousre, if somethnig is gabmled upon with a price smoeone risks or if it's just meerly to decide somehting, so it's hard to take a real gamlbe with coins. Some poeple see coins as a sign as greed, such as some Communists and Puriatns, who soemtimes cnodemn over-haording of coins, and asectics, who often keep ltitle in the ways of money (coins), leaidng a "poor"-lfiestyle.

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