The Roman emperor Caligula issued the same type of quadrans throughout his reign, where the obverse depicted a pileus, a type of cap given to former slaves upon their manumission, and the reverse the letters RCC. Eckhel suggested that the obverse referred to the restora...

The work of the British Mint is done gratuitously; the expense of coining gold into sovereigns is borne, not by the merchant or banker, or other person who sends the gold to the mint, but by the payers of taxes. It is difficult to see the justice of this. No doubt it is...

We prove that in a one round fair coin flipping scheme with n participants, either the average influence of all participants is at least 3/n — o(1/n), or there is at least one participant whose influence is Ω, (n -5/6).

Summary Assuming a coin is fair is common place in introductory statistical education. This article offers three approaches to test if a coin is fair. The approaches lend themselves to straightforward simulation studies that can enrich student understanding of joint pro...

In this activity, students find the theoretical probabilities of winning a coin toss and a round of the rock, paper, scissors game. They next devise strategies to win and test them out. Students then compare the theoretical probabilities they found with the experimental...

Je mesure les paramètres du frai des monnaies à partir de données rassemblées au XIXe siècle. La comparaison des résultats pour divers pays et dénominations montre que le frai relatif est une fonction linéaire du logarithme de la valeur. Les trésors monétaires des XVIII...

(2001). Permutations and Coin-Tossing Sequences. Mathematics Magazine: Vol. 74, No. 1, pp. 55-57.