Henry Ernest Dudeney/Modern Puzzles/4 - Loose Cash
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Modern Puzzles by Henry Ernest Dudeney: $4$
- Loose Cash
- What is the largest sum of money -- all in current silver coins and no four-shilling piece -- that I could have in my pocket without being able to give change for half a sovereign?
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Variant
- What is the largest sum of money -- all in current silver coins and no silver dollars --
- that I could have in my pocket without being able to give change for a dollar, half dollar, quarter, dime or nickel?
Sources
- 1926: Henry Ernest Dudeney: Modern Puzzles ... (previous) ... (next): Arithmetical and Algebraical Problems: Money Puzzles: $4$. -- Loose Cash