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a, CCBF where a sequence of classical coins with unknown bias p are processed for producing a new coin with bias f(p) (refs. 22,44). b, QCBF in which a quoin serves as the input to synthesize a classical one25,26. c, Fully quantum version where both input and output are general quantum states29.