tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20067416.post2112062856590210197..comments2023-12-21T06:35:36.624-05:00Comments on Recursivity: A Coin QuizUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20067416.post-29310506480202548002010-02-28T19:45:16.599-05:002010-02-28T19:45:16.599-05:00plays on letters can't be based on ONE or Five...plays on letters can't be based on ONE or Five or Ten or fifty because these words all appear on multiple coins, not just one kind<br /><br />now, if it were denominator and not denomination, that would be 200 as in 1/200 on the half cent<br /><br />i suppose it would help if i were a mathematician<br />jahAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20067416.post-22909765744748576992010-02-28T19:39:20.521-05:002010-02-28T19:39:20.521-05:00on the other hand, the lowest value in numbers is ...on the other hand, the lowest value in numbers is clearly the Indian quarter eagle - numbers 2 1/2 incuse<br /><br />jahAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20067416.post-35912427181976517942010-02-28T13:25:00.134-05:002010-02-28T13:25:00.134-05:00FIVE
cents.
Or:
14 + 5*16 + 1*16*16 + 15*16*16*16...FIVE<br />cents.<br />Or:<br /><br />14 + 5*16 + 1*16*16 + 15*16*16*16 = 61790 CENTS.<br /><br />Where FIE are standard symbols for base 16 notation and V is translated from Roman numerals to 5, and used as base sixteen.<br /><br />Note this when you tip your waiter.crfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10726414637021391906noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20067416.post-18923979622606881952010-02-28T11:40:05.743-05:002010-02-28T11:40:05.743-05:00Don't know American coins, but I presume they&...Don't know American coins, but I presume they've got some year in them. Nah, nothing to do with that.Filipe Calvario (from Brazil)noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20067416.post-16802304223046037922010-02-28T05:20:43.559-05:002010-02-28T05:20:43.559-05:00I might not understand the question but are you ta...I might not understand the question but are you talking about some 50 cents? (I do not know how dollars looks, so I am guessing ;) )Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02370119901323812598noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20067416.post-33618928151958292962010-02-27T23:07:01.423-05:002010-02-27T23:07:01.423-05:00DIME
D,I, M as in roman numerals (although in unac...DIME<br />D,I, M as in roman numerals (although in unacceptable order) and E as e<br /><br />jahAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20067416.post-66057024859583425442010-02-27T22:43:21.139-05:002010-02-27T22:43:21.139-05:00oh, and the trade dollar (since demonetized) has a...oh, and the trade dollar (since demonetized) has a 420, as in grains.<br /><br />jahAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20067416.post-8277644873731090752010-02-27T22:39:50.085-05:002010-02-27T22:39:50.085-05:00I'm confused by the question.
"highest va...I'm confused by the question.<br />"highest value, according to denomination in numbers"?<br />I thought "denomination" included unit such as "cent", "quarter", "dollar"? - how can those be expressed in numbers? Is this asking for largest number expressing units? Offhand, there is 50 as in "50 C" on some half-dollars. But there is no trick in that.<br /><br />The stella (pattern only, i'm assuming this doesn't count) has a 400 on it. I don't know of any lazy 8's.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20067416.post-59253678918442558862010-02-27T22:14:58.823-05:002010-02-27T22:14:58.823-05:00The highest denomination I can find on a coin issu...The highest denomination I can find on a coin issued by the U.S. Government (not a privately struck gold coin) is the 10.00 dollar denominated brass "bingle" Alaska Rural Rehabilitation Corporation Tokens of 1935.Barryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15601407170512828091noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20067416.post-26776983354308530832010-02-27T22:08:58.964-05:002010-02-27T22:08:58.964-05:00The current silver (coin) dollar has "1 dolla...The current silver (coin) dollar has "1 dollar" on it.<br /><br />But the old nickles had a "V" on the back with no denomination on it and were sometimes gold plated and passed as 5 dollar coins.Harriethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17953435368705942387noreply@blogger.com