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Comment author: betterthanwell 11 October 2011 06:27:12AM *  3 points [-]

Trivial solutions for the problem: (Coin hider to wins over the coin finder.)

  • Loose the needle - not in a haystack - but in a large stack of needles.
  • Grind the coin in to dust. Destroy it's physical basis.

The first makes the coin lose it's uniqueness, the second makes the coin physically irretrievable.

No reason to play by implied rules, rules that only a human would think to follow anyway.

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