Heads or tails? Super Bowl flip coin, minted in Florida, is usually one of biggest prop bets

Prior to the start of Super Bowl 57, all eyes will be on the coin toss that will decide which team will kick off to start the game, and which will defend a particular end zone.

The coin itself has been manufactured on Florida’s Space Coast at the Highland Mint in Melbourne since prior to Super Bowl XXVIII on Jan. 30, 1994, when Dallas faced Buffalo. If you’re wondering, the flip was “tails.”

As soon as the final whistle blows on conference championship weekend, the coins go immediately into production.

“We’ll be here in the fourth quarter just getting ready,” said Vince Bohbot, executive vice president for the Highland Mint. “The minting happens at 11 p.m. after the game because we already know the first orders that need to go out and we’re shipping product out immediately first thing Monday morning. We’ll have a crew that starts putting product together around 4 a.m. so by 4 p.m. we’ll have a maximum number of goods leaving the facility.”

That’s a quick turnaround.

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In 2022, when the Los Angeles Rams defeated the Cincinnati Bengals, the coin flip came up heads in favor of the Bengals, who went on to lose the game.

The last team to win the coin toss and win the game was the Seattle Seahawks in 2014, so there is a streak there.

The coin flip has now come up heads two years in a row, and it alternated between heads and tails for the four years before that.

The Highland Mint will make 10,000 flip coins, with Nos. 1-100 going to the NFL.

Coin No. 1 will be flipped prior to Super Bowl 57 on Feb. 12 to determine which team will kick and which one will receive the ball on the opening series.