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I'm working on a coin routine at the moment which I won't bore you with. However, I have a question that google has failed to answer to my satisfaction.

QUESTION: If I line up current UK coinage in a randomised order (should such a thing exist) which is the most likely coin to be chosen?

I am aware that I can use positioning to improve my chances of a particular coin being chosen, but I wonder what coin, if position is excluded as a variable, is most likely to be chosen. I'm thinking specifically of a penny, 2pence, 5pence, 10pence, 20pence, 50pence, pound. All in all only seven coins.

Does it matter if I exclude some coins? Does using different/unfamiliar currency make a difference (such as US coins here in Blighty)?

Is anyone on TM aware of any research in this area where I can direct my studies???? I'm working on an eqivokuuuuuww with mxxxxxxu oxxs!!

Kevmundo

There might be something of interest in Naked Mentalism, the books are fab anyway.
I'll pm you with thoughts.

soveda wrote:There might be something of interest in Naked Mentalism, the books are fab anyway.
I'll pm you with thoughts.

Thanks for that!! I've PM'd you my idea... well... I say my idea...... it'd be more accurate to say that more often than not, I stand on the shoulders of giants!!!

Lets play a game. If i said....."If you could take any one of these coins away with you to keep what one would you chose?" Which one would you chose?

If the answer is anything other than the pound, your nuts.


So, lets get rid of the temptation, and do something with the remaining six.

give me a number between one & six....
Five? cool. 1,2,3,4,5...... the 2p.


hot rod count.

I've PM'd you my routine! All thoughts welcome!

K

You will often find that when any items are lain in a row, it will often be tha which sits near but not on the right most edge. To illustrate, if there were 5 objects it would be object number 4 that one could expect to be chosen more regularly than the others. Of course, as with most things of this nature it is not an exact science.

With the objects that you're talking about why not use a straight equivoque technique? There are many examples written that you would find adequate for your needs.

Dr Percival RP Pound wrote:You will often find that when any items are lain in a row, it will often be tha which sits near but not on the right most edge. To illustrate, if there were 5 objects it would be object number 4 that one could expect to be chosen more regularly than the others. Of course, as with most things of this nature it is not an exact science.

With the objects that you're talking about why not use a straight equivoque technique? There are many examples written that you would find adequate for your needs.

I'm basically trying to replicate the cleanest outcome for 'cointext' by max maven. He lays out five coins, writes a prediction and asks the spec to pick a coin. He is specific in that the coin picked is the coin used so there is no eqivoque. The effect continues if the 'wrong' coin us picked. I wanted to increase my chances of a particular coin being picked in the first instance to avoid the out.

I've looked at eqivoque, positioning, ranging forces, double sided coins etc so I'm toying with some ideas at the moment and I may link a coin choice into a larger routine. I'm not against using any method but I wanted to maximise my chances of a hit on the first go. I didn't know whether the choice of coin in the fourth position would make a difference? Maybe a larger coin in size or denomination?

K