Are you a genius? #2 - Coin puzzle

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   georgie ~ 40 months ago

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   I tried this one too! I can do the first couple of moves and then I just give up. Did anyone get it right?
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   Big Al ~ 40 months ago

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   I have a coin trick for you too. Give me some money and I'll make it disappear.
   
   :D
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      Loves Bloc Party ~ 40 months ago

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      lol
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   Pate ~ 40 months ago

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   I actually solved this one within the first minute. Where's the other puzzle? I wanna have a go with that one as well. Need to rule out if I was just lucky or actually pretty smart! ;)
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      JV ~ 40 months ago

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      The original can be seen here...
      http://www.woyano.com/coins
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   apeware ~ 40 months ago

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   Nice Job Justin! Keep em commin'!
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   ierland ~ 40 months ago

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   Did not look to a possible solution. Think I have one. Suppose the coin on top is numbered 1, left below 2, right below 3 and bottom 4. Move 3 above right of 1 and 2. Move 3 above 1 and 2. Move 1 right of 3 and 2. Move 3 between 4 and 2. Are there other or shorter tricks?
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   lulubelle ~ 40 months ago

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   I tired this for like three times then i gave up and looked at the solution!!!
   Very good!!!
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   Michael ~ 40 months ago

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   JV, do you ever have to buy your own drinks at the pub? :D
   
   Thanks for another fun one!
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   daley ~ 40 months ago

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   i'm definitely not a genious!!
   
   very cute JV!!!:)
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   ragados ~ 40 months ago

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   JV this is an awesome way to promo the site! I love it. don't know if it is just me bu the ads down the side are forcin the content a long way down the page (I think it is the PC's resolution, is there anything you can do about it?)
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    Velvet ~ 40 months ago

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    JV.. ok you totally stumped me on this one and I LOVED the dig 'he he"
    
    keep up the great work! I have had more than a few drinks bought for me with the other coin trick... hahaha
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    miski345 ~ 40 months ago

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    this was a good trick...nice job, JV
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    wokky ~ 40 months ago

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    Umm, took me three goes, then solved. There's only one opening move, (as all other moves are the same as the starting position or mirrors of those moves) and then each move from there is also only one "real" move and the rest are mirrors of that move or return you to a previous positon. Remarakably simple I thought?
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    savbill ~ 40 months ago

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    Yea, I did the first time... The first time I watched the sulotion and followed each step, step by step. So I'm not a genius or maybe just to impatient to think it over for long. Thanks for the notice on this JV it was fun to watch and try.
    
    
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    Accalon ~ 40 months ago

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    Great puzzle! I enjoyed this very much.
    
    I managed to solve it on the first attempt and here's why. I didn't start moving coins hoping a solution would appear. I thought abuot the rules and realized what my only move could be to place the last coin in the row and the solution came to me very quickly. I think a lot of people get hung up on thinking they have to leave the coins touching at all times, but that's a personal mental block that has to be overlooked.
    
    Thanks JV!
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    Edward O'Rourke IV ~ 40 months ago

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    nice I love puzzles like this actually I really like the old tavern puzzles made from metal loops and bars where you have to get some loop or bar apart from the rest of the puzzle. The Patience Puzzle is my favorite.
    
    I pretty much had the solution from the start when you explained what legal moves are... leaving one sitting alone made sense instantly since it's "not a move" so i fugured that's legal ;)
    
    cheers!
    e
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    princew ~ 40 months ago

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    nice puzzle. but it was a little easy. logicaly if you think about the moves you are making there aren't very many choices when making moves. Also the last move was pretty obvious before i even started trying. It took me 3 tries and less than 30 seconds to figure it out...
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    supersoccer05 ~ 40 months ago

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    I got the first one on the first try and this one the second try. this one i got in 5 moves, but in a different way then the video showed. i made sure i followed the rules and did it again. I was just wondering if there are any more puzzles like this. even though these ones i got lucky with, i want to try my hand at some more!
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       JV ~ 40 months ago

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       Oh, you never know...!
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    daithe ~ 40 months ago

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    good one, know do it with
    8 coins :-)
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       princew ~ 40 months ago

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       4 coins, 8 coins, 100 coins, it's still the same puzzle and the same solution...
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    zareya ~ 40 months ago

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    i had it in hmm .. 5 seconds ... omg am i a genious ? i dont thinks so
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    paul_r ~ 40 months ago

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    I got this one rather quickly, of course without looking at your solution, lol. It was a fun brain teaser nonetheless. I might even have enjoyed this one more than your previous coin puzzle... since I took me so much less time to solve :P
    
    Here is how I arrived at the solution:
    
    (1), (2), (3) and (4) are the coins and " _ " represents an empty space the size of a coin, and the dots are just to line up the diagrams
    
    Sart:
    
    ...........(2)
    .........(1) (3)
    ...........(4)
    
    Move coin (4) to touch coins (2) and (3):
    
    ...........(2)(4)
    .........(1) (3)
    
    Move coin (3) to touch coins (1) and (2):
    
    ........(3)(2)(4)
    .........(1)
    
    Move coin (2) to touch coins (3) and (1):
    
    .......(3) _ (4)
    ......(2)(1)
    
    Move coin (1) to touch coins (2) and (3):
    
    .....(1)(3) _ (4)
    ......(2)
    
    And finally more coin (2) inbetween coins (3) and (4):
    
    .....(1)(3)(2)(4)
    
    Anyway once again thank you for the fun puzzle JV :) Please post if you have more.
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    gogyo ~ 39 months ago

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    Hello! That was fun, but I did it in under a minute again; I think this one is easier actually. Thanks!
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    krunk ~ 38 months ago

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    ya hey i had it at the first trie and im not joking but, i dint have the first coin puzzle in one trie
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    Please delete this account. ~ 37 months ago

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    Took about 20 seconds, but I may have got lucky, so I did it again.... ;:) Good one though.
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    teqqles ~ 37 months ago

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    Nice little puzzle, I rather like the solution video as well ;)
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    davidkclark ~ 36 months ago

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    Nice puzzle. Did it in on the first try though, less than 30 seconds. For me the rule about the coin having to touch 2 coins gives the answer away.
    
    I don't think this is more difficult than the first one - I could only do that after seeing the solution twice.
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    roarg ~ 36 months ago

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    ..ok, i just sortet them in three moves...have i misunderstood this? Only moving coins that touch and they all end up touching eachother in the end. Big ones at the left side and small ones at the right side.
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    precious32 ~ 35 months ago

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    I had to try the coin trick twice. The first time I got it but my big coins were on bottom and small on top. So I rewatched the video and got it correct the second time.
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    jimmy ~ 32 months ago

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    Got it done in 1 min. mostly by luck and guessing though. yeah!!!
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    Michael ~ 27 months ago

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    Not too difficult once you realize how few positions there can actually be, and the last move must move between two coins.
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    konrad_g ~ 23 months ago

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    Now... that was much easier than the first coin trick.
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    jeria ~ 22 months ago

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    i got it on the first try it was soooooooo easy
    
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    New Member ~ 21 months ago

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    Well i got it just with a little grand mar's Mabbott help ,it took me some minutes.Nice, i need puzzzles ,more ,more,more,mooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooore!
    PINK EYEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE
    PINK EYEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE
    PINK EYEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE !!!
    
    For whom this is not understandable shall meet the fury of southpark...
    No more fish and chips for me, for the next couple of months.
    
    
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    New Member ~ 21 months ago

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    I got this after I saw it on youtube. fairly simple i might add.
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    beljwxsilhe ~ 20 months ago

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    I got it on my first try!!!!!!! i'm sure more people got it on their first try too but i guess i got some extra credit because english is not my native language, im mexican so i speak spanish so it was harder because of the language
    
    
    
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    Doctor Doom ~ 19 months ago

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    I did it too on my first time!!!English is not my native language too!
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    finlandare ~ 16 months ago

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    i am very lucky too it took only couple of seconds and it was first try. i got the same result when i did it again
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    AdGuy

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    This is my two cents...
    
       
    Hey you know AdGuy always gets the last word! ;)