While walking in a park, one morning, I found a Hundred Rupee note on one of the park benches. I picked it up, noted the number and took it home.

In the afternoon the plumber called on me to collect his bill. As I had no other moey at home, I settled his account with the Hundred Rupee note that I had found.

Later I came to know that the plumber paid the note to his milkman to settle his monthly account , who paid it to his tailor for the garments he had made.

The tailor in turn used the money to buy an old sewing machine, from a woman who lives in my neighbourhood. This woman incidentally, had borrowed Hundred Rupees from me sometime back to buy some household appliance. She, remembering that she owed me a Hundred Rupees, came and paid the debt.

I recognized the note as the one that I had found on the park bench, and on careful examination, I discovered that the note was counterfeit.

How much was lost in the whole transaction and by whom ?

(In reply to re: Possible Solution by DJ)

OK let me modify my logic. If a person gets counterfeit money and he knows it, is he payed? I think not which means that "I" never got the 100 Rupees that was owed to me by my neighbor. The fact that I found money that initially I though to be real is nice but this is an unexpected bonus and I do not think that this is a part of the whole transaction. I think that the transaction started with me lending 100 Rupees then paying the plumber and so on.

The transaction started with real money (100 Rupees) and should be complete with real money otherwise it is not complete and therefore "I" am down 100 Rupees.

Posted by Jonny Doe on 2003-03-20 07:02:36