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Two-up

Also known as Swy

Two-up: photograph by Silverhorse
Photo: Silverhorse, CC BY-SA 4.0, source on Wikimedia Commons

A spinner tosses two coins from a flat board; bets are placed on two heads, two tails or odds, and odds means a rethrow.

How it is played

A spinner tosses two coins from a flat board; bets are placed on two heads, two tails or odds, and odds means a rethrow. Linked to WWI soldiers and Anzac Day.

Heritage note

Part of the living heritage of Australia.

Origins

Usually placed in the era of Age of Contact and Craft (about 1500 to 1800), although its exact origins are uncertain, within the cultural world of Pacific and Oceania.

Sources

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