"Zahl oder Ähre" meaning in German

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  "etymology_text": "Literally, “number or ear of corn”. The symbol on the back of the Pfennig coins did not represent ears of corn, but oak leaves. Ears of corn were in fact shown on the number side (around the number). However, the backs of some older Pfennig coins (e.g. in the Weimar Republic) had ears on them, and the phrase must go back to that time.",
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          "ref": "2012, Frank Schulz, Onno Viets und der Irre vom Kiez, Kiepenheuer & Witsch:",
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          "ref": "2021, Martin Conrath, Das Archiv des Teufels – Roman aus der Zeit des Kalten Krieges, Gmeiner:",
          "text": "In Zeitlupe holt er eine Fünfzehn-Kopeken-Münze hervor. »Zahl oder Ähre?«.",
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        "heads or tails (used principally when flipping a 10-Pfennig coin)"
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        "(archaic) heads or tails (used principally when flipping a 10-Pfennig coin)"
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  "word": "Zahl oder Ähre"
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