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To settle a dispute, make a decision or end a rivalry. Throughout history though, no matter what it’s name or reasoning, it has continued to be used for the same thing. Later in Middle-aged Britain, the game was known as ‘Cross or Pile’ due to the ‘heads’ side featuring a cross and the ‘tails’ side being referred to as the ‘pile’ because of its indentations from the pressing process. As the emperor was on the heads side of the coin, it was assumed that the emperor agreed with the person who wins. One of the protagonists would be assigned “heads”. The rules for a Roman toss of coin were different however, in as much as they would not call out, as we do today, their prediction of the winning side of the coin. In ancient Rome, it has been seen as a game of chance referred to as ‘Heads or Ships’, or ‘navia aut caput’, because of the two-headed god design and the ship’s prow that appeared on early coinage. The act of flipping a coin to determine one of two possible outcomes has actually been around for centuries. But what is the true meaning of such action and what is its significance throughout history? We’re taking a look through the years… You can settle almost anything with a coin flip, no matter how big, or how small. Which team goes first in a race? Who picks tonight’s film? Who washes the dishes? I know what we’ll do….we’ll flip for it!