10-15-2010, 03:13 PM
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Originally Posted by Chancie
The coins appear identical.
The only difference between the valuable real coins and the counterfeit coin is that
The fake coin is either heavier or lighter than the real coins.
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Okay my process of elimination and I am sure there is a better way but,
I would put 50 coins on each side of the scale, then take either the lighter or heavier side and divide them into 25 coins, if they weighed even then the counterfeit coin is amongst the other 25 coins, if they weighed uneven the counterfeit coin is amongst that 25. I would continue dividing the coins into equal amounts until I was left with only the counterfeit coin. Or you could just bite them and see if you were left with teeth marks .gif "Say What?") And if this makes no sense then I blame it on being aussie ty 
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