 Mathematical card stacks in which each card's value progresses by 3, 4, or 5 are detailed in magic literature as early as the 16th Century.The system was originally published in the United States in Boston or New York City around 1898 by Si Stebbins (real name William Coffrin), in a pamphlet titled "Si Stebbins' Card Tricks And The Way He Performs Them" and a later edition "Card Tricks And The Way They Are Performed".Despite contrary claims, Stebbins maintained that the stack was his invention