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What is the largest amount of money (all in coins) you can have without being able to produce exactly one dollar?

[My answer is for US currency, although it would be interesting to see differences as far as other countries I suppose]

For those not familiar with US coins, there are denominations of $.01, $.05, $.10, and $.25.

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technicaly, you could have an infinate amount of money all in silver dollars, its change, so it applies, and so do all the new dollar coins, sacaju-whatevers and susan b anthonys.

1 quarter, 9 dimes, and 4 pennies
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technicaly, you could have an infinate amount of money all in silver dollars, its change, so it applies, and so do all the new dollar coins, sacaju-whatevers and susan b anthonys.

That doesn't work. One silver dollar is a coin that produces exactly one dollar.

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That doesn't work. One silver dollar is a coin that produces exactly one dollar.

it says "change" for a dollar, a silver dollar would be just a trade, it offers the receiving person no change.

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it says "change" for a dollar, a silver dollar would be just a trade, it offers the receiving person no change.

ummm...no, actually, the word "change" appears nowhere in the OP. On a somewhat related note, they do have $2 coins in Australia, and you could have an infinite number of those.

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If you read the actual question I did say 'without being able to produce exactly one dollar', which would mean silver dollars wouldn't work. I realize the description of the question does say 'change', and I'm sure it could be debated as to what exactly that means. My bad.

Of course to say you could have an infinite number of silver dollars is a stretch. Surely there is a finite number of silver dollars (as well as susan B's and all the rest.). An incredibly large number maybe, but certainly not infinite.

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it says "change" for a dollar, a silver dollar would be just a trade, it offers the receiving person no change.

The riddle says nothing about "change" or there being a receiving person.

"What is the largest amount of money (all in coins) you can have without being able to produce exactly one dollar?"

Again, one silver dollar is a coin that produces exactly one dollar.

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If you read the actual question I did say 'without being able to produce exactly one dollar', which would mean silver dollars wouldn't work. I realize the description of the question does say 'change', and I'm sure it could be debated as to what exactly that means. My bad.

Of course to say you could have an infinite number of silver dollars is a stretch. Surely there is a finite number of silver dollars (as well as susan B's and all the rest.). An incredibly large number maybe, but certainly not infinite.

you read to many of these things in a day and you start seeing things in them that werent. oops, well, it sounded good anyway.

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ummm...no, actually, the word "change" appears nowhere in the OP. On a somewhat related note, they do have $2 coins in Australia, and you could have an infinite number of those.

Hey, Canada has a two dollar coin too! :P

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