Penny in the hole

It involves throwing coins across the room and into a hole carved in the seat of a wooden bench.

[1] A version of the game called chuck-farthing was played in the United Kingdom.

[3] The rules of the game were described in the 19th century as follows: Each competitor starts with the same number of coins.

They pitch their coins one at a time from a mark at a given distance towards a hole in the ground.

[2][4] A variation of the game called chuck-hole or chuck-penny was played in the same manner, with the exception that if the coins roll outside a ring drawn around the hole, it was declared a "dead heat," and each competitor reclaims his coin.