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Two coins to make 25 pence

Two coins to make 25 pence

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You can only use two coins to make 25 pence ,however ,one cannot be a five pence coin !!

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Originally posted by phil3000
You can only use two coins to make 25 pence ,however ,one cannot be a five pence coin !!
I'm not familiar with what denominations of coins there are in the UK, but if there's a 25 pence coin, I would use one of those and my "Bowl-O-Rama play token" coin.

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Originally posted by phil3000
You can only use two coins to make 25 pence ,however ,one cannot be a five pence coin !!
one is

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Originally posted by phil3000
You can only use two coins to make 25 pence ,however ,one cannot be a five pence coin !!
The other one is a five pence coin. You said only one could not be a five pence coin, not the other one!

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Originally posted by AThousandYoung
The other one is a five pence coin. You said only one could not be a five pence coin, not the other one!
Are you lawyering up?🙂

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Originally posted by forkedknight
I'm not familiar with what denominations of coins there are in the UK, but if there's a 25 pence coin, I would use one of those and my "Bowl-O-Rama play token" coin.
1p, 2p, 5p, 10p, 20p, 50p, £1, £2 and £5

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Originally posted by adramforall
1p, 2p, 5p, 10p, 20p, 50p, £1, £2 and £5
1,5 * 10p = 15p
0,5 * 20p = 10p

15 + 10 = 25p

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Originally posted by adramforall
1p, 2p, 5p, 10p, 20p, 50p, £1, £2 and £5
Aha! there is a 25p coin. It's just rare.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Twenty-Five_Pence_coin

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Originally posted by sonhouse
Are you lawyering up?🙂
It's an old joke.

http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20091106211624AAi4pIT

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Originally posted by AThousandYoung
The other one is a five pence coin. You said only one could not be a five pence coin, not the other one!
Youv'e got it 🙂🙂

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Originally posted by adramforall
1p, 2p, 5p, 10p, 20p, 50p, £1, £2 and £5
For a short period post-decimalisation there were coins of 0.5p, 2.5 p (old 6d) and 12.5p (old half crown). So at that time 25p could have been made up of 2 x 12.5p coins.

Yes I really am that old!

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Melt any two coins down, and mold them into the words "25 pence".

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Originally posted by Thomaster
1,5 * 10p = 15p
0,5 * 20p = 10p

15 + 10 = 25p
I like this answer!

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I've heard this riddle posed as 2 American coins totalling 15 cents, and one isn't a nickel.