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Just Keep the Change (Posted on 2003-06-15)

In a certain country, it takes a minimum of exactly 5 coins to make 13 cents, and a minimum of exactly 4 coins to make 14 cents.

What are the denominations of the coins (of value less than 15 cents) in this country?

Bonus: What country is it?

See The Solution Submitted by DJ

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Subject	Author	Date
Puzzle Answer	K Sengupta	2022-08-27 02:40:01
Alternate solution and thoughts	Jer	2016-03-24 13:38:53
Solution	Math Man	2014-07-12 11:32:24
Without a country...	Dej Mar	2012-04-25 04:15:31
re(3): Country	TomM	2003-06-16 19:50:28
re: Maybe...	TomM	2003-06-16 18:12:58
Maybe...	Pickels	2003-06-16 16:05:34
re(3): Country	Trevor Leitch	2003-06-16 12:45:35
re(2): Country	Jonny Doe	2003-06-16 10:19:32
re: Country	fwaff	2003-06-16 03:40:53
Country	Jonny Doe	2003-06-16 03:35:45
Solution	Trevor Leitch	2003-06-15 09:59:11
re: One Possibility	DJ	2003-06-15 07:03:32
One Possibility	Charlie	2003-06-15 05:42:52

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