Henry Ernest Dudeney/Puzzles and Curious Problems/352 - Locating the Coins/Solution

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 * Locating the Coins

Solution
If the answer is "even", the shilling is in the right pocket and the penny in the left.

If the answer is "odd", the shilling is in the left pocket and the penny in the right.

Proof
See 's from $1926$, no. $100$ - Odds and Evens, of which this a rehash.

Also see

 * Henry Ernest Dudeney: Modern Puzzles: $100$ - Odds and Evens