Coin

A coin is a flat, usually disc-shaped piece of metal, which is or has been used as a form of currency among some cultures, such as the Ferengi and Humans.
Some types of coin include:
* Dime
* Frang
* Looney
* Penny
==Use as currency==
While cleaning up his bar, Quark found three coins on the floor of the second level and shouted angrily to Broik and another Ferengi waiter that they should leave because of their carelessness. ()
In 2369, Nog paid with two coins for a jumja stick on Deep Space 9's Promenade. ()
That same year, Quark narrowly avoided an assassination attempt as Grand Nagus by bending over to pick up a coin dropped on the floor of his bar. ()
In 2371, Quark gave Major Kira Nerys some latinum coins, good for five free s at the dabo wheel, as one of the prizes she won as his "one millionth customer". ()
== Other uses ==
Flipping a coin was a practice used to settle a dispute or make a choice between two options. 
In 2368, when two different groups wished two use the thermal imaging array on the , Lieutenant commander Data brought the problem to Lieutenant commander Geordi La Forge, who replied "Well, tell them to flip a coin", a reference to the practice of making a determination by which side of the coin was facing upwards when it landed. Data took La Forge literally and replied that he would replicate one. ()
In 2373, when overwhelmed with his decision to treat Harry Kim rather than Ahni Jetal, who ultimately died of her injuries, The Doctor questioned how he ought to choose between two dying people with an equal chance of survival; by flipping a coin or picking a playing card, perhaps. ()
== See also ==
* Coin operated laundry
* Coin purse
== External link ==
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Category:Currency