Nickels (game)

Nickels is a betting game played with any desired denomination of coins. It is played on a flat, hard surface next to a back wall, such as the side of a building or a street curb. The object is to place a coin closer to the wall than one's opponents.

Play area

The play area consists of the following:

• A foul line, which players are forbidden to step over during a throw.
• A goal line at the opposite side of the foul line
• Boundary lines at each side of the field of play, which spectators or coins are not allowed to cross.

Rules

Rules of the game, some necessary and others not, include:

• The foul line can not be crossed during a throw. Doing so results in immediate loss of the round.
• The coin is not scored, and will be lost, if it leaves the boundary area.
• Bouncing the coin off the goal line is permitted.
• If time is not taken to clear a proper area, and no boundary lines are set, a coin is in "interference" if it touches any obstacle. Coins in interference are lost as if they go out of bounds.
• Play is divided into rounds, of which the winner collects all the coins played unless specified that the round is "friendly" or "for practice."

External links

• Street Games