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Pitch penny
Pitch penny (also called Penny seat Penny slot Tossing
seat, slot, claims his coin.[4] The coins used were usually small de-
penny, hole)
the penny and Penny in the hole is a pub game. It in- nomination, farthings, halfpence, or pennies. Sometimes
volves throwing coins across the room and into a hole rough-cast leaden markers called dumps were used.[2][5]
carved in the seat of a wooden bench.[1] Another version
of the game is played in many western pubs. Contestants
stand about 20 feet behind a wall and try to throw the
In popular culture
pennies as close to the wall as possible without touching Pitching Pennies is prominently featured at the begin-
it. Another variation is Toad in the Hole in which a ded- ning of the hit film "The Purple Rose of Cairo" (1985).
icated table or box is used instead of a hole carved in a
convenient piece of pub furniture. Toad in the Hole has a
World Championship held in Lewes.[1]
See also
• Quarters, a drinking game which involves players
bouncing a quarter off a table and into a glass or cup
History on that table
A version of the game called Chuck-Farthing was played
in the United Kingdom.[2] Mentions of the game date
back to the 18th century.[3] The rules of the game were
References
described in the 19th century as follows: Each competitor • Finn, Timothy: Pub Games of England (Oleander Press)
starts with the same number of coins. They pitch their [1] ^ Pitching disc games - History and Useful
coins one at a time from a mark at a given distance to- Information, James Masters
wards a hole in the ground. The competitors are ranked [2] ^ World Wide Words - Chuck Farthing, Michael
based on how close they come to the hole. The competi- Quinion, June 16, 2007
tor closest to the hole receives all of the coins and pro- [3] A Little Pretty Pocket-book, John Newbery, 1744
ceeds to a second mark nearer to the hole, from which he [4] ^ The Traditional Children’s Games of England
throws all of the coins at once towards the hole. All of the Scotland & Ireland In Dictionary Form - Volume 1,
coins that remain in the hole are his to keep. The remain- Alice Bertha Gomme, 1894.
der of the coins are given to the next closest competitor, [5] "Noah Webster’s New International Dictionary of
and the process is repeated until no coins remain.[2][4] A the English Language".
variation of the game called Chuck-Hole or Chuck-Penny Eastonsbibledictionary.com.
was played in the same manner, with the exception that http://eastonsbibledictionary.com/dump.htm.
if the coins roll outside a ring drawn around the hole, Retrieved 2010-04-29.
it was declared a "dead heat," and each competitor re-
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Categories:
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• Coin games
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