Here’s a simple visual. Twelve gauge is about the thickness of a nickel, and 14-gauge is about the thickness of a dime.

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The quarter, short for quarter dollar, is a United States coin worth 25 cents, one-quarter of a dollar. It has a diameter of 0.955 inch (24.26 mm) and a thickness of 0.069 inch (1.75 mm).

challenge coin

Rest the coin on the back of your thumb with your index finger wrapped around it. As you toss, don’t flick your thumb but instead use your index finger to spin the coin like a frisbee. Practice this move until you’ve got it down pat. Add a little wobble and the move looks like a regular toss.

The obverse of a coin is commonly called heads, because it often depicts the head of a prominent person, and the reverse tails. In fields of scholarship outside numismatics, the term front is more commonly used than obverse, while usage of reverse is widespread.

Parts of a Coin The front side (“heads”) of a coin. The back side (“tails”) of a coin.

Every coin has two sides. The two sides of the same coin are different but stems from the same origin. A double-edged sword hurts both ways! The two expressions mean very different things.

(also be different/opposite sides of the same coin) If two things are two sides of the same coin, they are very closely related although they seem different: Violent behavior and deep insecurity are often two sides of the same coin.

If you say that two things are two sides of the same coin, you mean that they are different ways of looking at or dealing with the same situation.