6.BS. FORM SIX COINS INTO A HEXAGON
O O O O O
Transform O O O into O O in three moves.
O O
New section -- there must be older versions.
Young World. c1960. P. 13: Ringing the change. He starts with the mirror image of the first array.
Robert Harbin. Party Lines. Op. cit. in 5.B.1. 1963. The ring of coins, p. 31. Says it is described by Gardner, but gives no details. Notes that if you show the trick to someone
O O O and then give the coins in the mirror image pattern shown at the left, he will
O O O not be able to do it.
Putnam. Puzzle Fun. 1978.
No. 12: Create a space, pp. 4 & 27. With four coins, create the pattern OO
on the right. [Takes two moves from a rhombic starting pattern.] O O
No. 13: Create a space again, pp. 4 & 38. Standard hexagon problem.
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