Before the first ball is kicked at Super Bowl LX on Sunday, we have the always enthralling coin toss to look forward to.
Always one of the most popular pre-match prop bets, the coin toss carries huge significance in the game, determining which of the two teams will start off with the ball.
Truth be told, there's not a great deal to take from the winner of the ceremonial coin toss - winning it doesn't give that particular NFL team a greater chance of going on to win the Super Bowl.
Of course, it could potentially give the team a psychological boost, but in terms of the match itself, there isn't a great deal of data to prove that it carries any more concrete significance than that.
Super Bowl coin toss statistics
How many times has the coin toss winner gone on to win the Super Bowl?
Of the 59 previous Super Bowls, the team to have won the coin toss has subsequently won 26 times; with the opposition being crowned winners on 33 occasions.
So historically, it's actually proven beneficial to have lost the toss.
Of the 26 teams to have won the toss, 17 of them were the pre-match favourites to win, meaning just nine were the underdogs.
Is heads or tails the best bet for the Super Bowl coin toss?
The fabled old saying 'tails never fails' will often be muttered by millions of folk watching the Super Bowl coin toss from the confines of their own homes.
But in reality, is there actually any significant substance to that?
Whilst we all know the answer to that is no, given that there is a 50/50 chance of the coin landing tails-side up, it's actually quite interesting to know that tails has come up trumps more often than not.
Of the 59 times the coin has been flipped, it's landed tails-up on 31 occasions, with heads prevailing the winner three times fewer, on 28.
Ahead of last year's Super Bowl between Kansas City Chiefs and Philadelphia Eagles, the three-peat chasing Chiefs won the toss, calling tails.
What's on the coin that is used for the Super Bowl coin toss?
The coin used to determine which team will receive the ball first at Super Bowl LX will have a different look to it this year.
Typically produced by Highland Mint in Melbourne, Florida, for the first time in 2026, to commemorate the 250th anniversary of America's victory in the Revolutionary War, the Libertas Americana medal will instead be used.
"In honor of the 250th anniversary of the nation, a restrike of one of the most iconic medals in American history, the Libertas Americana, will serve as the official coin for the Super Bowl LX coin toss," Vince Bohbot - a longtime executive vice president of the Highland Mint - said recently.
"Originally commissioned by Benjamin Franklin in 1782, the medal celebrates America’s victory in the Revolutionary War."
Following the coin toss, the medal, which is being slightly altered by the Highland Mint, will be handed over to the National Numismatic Collection at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History.
