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A perfectly cylindrical coin would have three sides: 2 flat planes and a curved ribbon. No reason a “side” has to be flat. Just ain’t got no internal edges!


Depends on whether a "side" is an "edge" of a "face" in geometry terms. An edge must be two-dimensional (so flat), a face can be three-dimensional (like a curved ribbon).




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