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JHE KING OF COIN — 16-year-old Bruce McConachy of West Vancouver has stacked and snatched his way into
the Guinness Book of World Records|by balancing 170 coins on the edge of a standing sllver-dollar aud by catching
120 quarters Dipped from the back of\his forearm. Bruce, shown here with 140 coins balanced on the silver dollar,
.- (10 more than the previous record) in an effort August 21, at the Pacific National Exhibition, managed to balance
‘170 coins August 24 just three hours after cracking p record by 23 coins. (Franco Citarella photo