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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;satootoko, post: 74525, member: 669&quot;]I really doubt the authenticity of that tale.</p><p><br /></p><p>John Conway is a Cambridge mathemician well know for his interest in games but none of his biographies that I&#039;ve tried to understand even hint that he had an ability to make small coins stand on edge, or an interest in doing so.</p><p><br /></p><p>If he ever did really play with coins, it was undoubtedly real &quot;pennies&quot; and not U.S. cents, and I don&#039;t have enough of those to analyze whether or not their edges are slightly angled.&nbsp; Under 10x magnification I can&#039;t detect any pattern of angled edges on Wheaties or Memorial Lincoln cents.</p><p><br /></p><p>But, speculation is just that, and perhaps we will learn the truth as a result of an e-mail inquiry I have dispatched to Prof. Conway. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie2" alt=";)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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