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Pure Coin-cidence Puzzle - Solution

The Puzzle:

Pure Coin-cidence

Look at the triangle of six pennies below:

I want to turn this triangle upside-down:

So that it looks like this:

What is the smallest number of coins I must move?

Our Solution:

It is necessary only to move two coins, as the diagrams reveal:

Puzzle Author: Stephen Froggatt

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