Dou you know that!? #001 Referee Coin

in #sports7 years ago (edited)

Every single person who is passionate about football knows the coin flipping ritual at the beginning of the play. Football referee flips a coin and this ritual decides which team where will be positioned on the field, and which team will start the play. Most of the people thinks that referees use an ordinary coin. The truth is different. There are special coins produced just for this moment! Which is called referee coin.

This coins almost as historic as history of football. They’ve been using since 1800’s. Different types of coins were produced in the course of time for different tournaments, and mostly one side has a football image and the other side has a goalpost or field.

This_ _referee coin was produced in 1923 and was used by Turkish Football Federation.

If you want to flip a coin like a referee, you can find various websites to buy one of them!

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