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Hmmm... The assumption being that $.50 is the largest coin in circulation then isn't the amount infinitesimal plus $.94 since all the half dollars in the world won't reproduce a larger coin?



"Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it." George Santayana

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I am worth very much, and you cannot buy me.
Yet I am yours, if you like, completely free.
I am here for you, when you are sad
and I do not judge even, when you do things that are bad
I lift you up high, when you're feeling so low,
supporting you, protect you from foes.
I soothe your fears and ease your pain,
I listen to your worries, again and again.
I am there when you need me and not when you don't,
I know when you will and know when you won't
So what am I then, that will last till the end?


The answer lies within this site.0YszwyrWJk4lbYKH


The first time I read this I thought, "Oh that's Anna in my dreams!"

Sorry Anna.


No need for apologies.
Have you seen my other poems here?


Now I shall have to go read some! smile
There are dollar coins in circulation. If you used two half dollar coins then they could be replaced by a dollar coin but the problems state that you can only use pennies, nickels, dimes, quarters, and half dollars.

There is a specific amount that is in whole coins. The coins are quantized, they can not be broken into smaller parts.

To clarify, if you used 4 pennies, 1 nickel, 1 dime, 1 quarter, 1 half dollar, then the sum of the values of the coins would be $.96. There is a way to make a larger sum, that is what you need to find to answer this riddle.
It has been a week so I will give the answer:

If you take 4 pennies, 4 dimes, one quarter, and one half dollar that would equal $1.19.

New riddle:

A B C
D E F
G H I

Replace each letter with the numbers 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, and 9 so that the sum of each column, each row, and both diagonals is equal to 15. Each number can only be used once and all of the numbers must be used.
Sorry, didn't get the previous one.
Surprised I did this one though, I'm really tired tonight.

4 9 2
3 5 7
8 1 6


Trouble is, I'm too tired to think of a riddle.



"Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it." George Santayana

What's black and white and red all over?
how about patiala peg of black and white whiskey with lots of cherries and ice.
There are two friends. Ant and Elephant. Best of pals but one day they have some difference of opinion and they start fighting with each other. After a prolonged hand to hand combat ant gets beaten up. They are no longer friends. One day much after their fight ant sees elephant coming from opposite direction. Ant quickly hides behind a tree.

Riddle : Why does ant hide behind the tree ?
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What's black and white and red all over?


A newspaper.


I am always there, some distance away, somewhere between land or sea and sky I lay, you may move toward me, yet distant I’ll stay. What am I?
The Horizon.

I have many kinds and types of keys but I unlock no locks.


Edit: Some of my keys are described by shades and tints, some of my keys are military rank and some of my keys are young people.
I don’t know if I stumped everybody or if my riddle was too easy but the answer is “I am a piano”.

(Black keys, white keys, major keys and minor keys)


What is round on the ends and high in the middle?
Whats’s round on the ends and high in the middle?
Tell me if you know.
Don’t you think that’s a cute little riddle?
Round on the ends and high in the middle.
You can find it on a map if you look high and low.
The O’s are round and it’s HI in the middle,
O-H-I-O, that’s the riddle,
O-HI-O!!!!

Somebody post a new riddle.
Two in a corner, 1 in a room, 0 in a house, but 1 in a shelter. What am I?
The letter “r”.

A few have twelve, many have four, most have six.

Edit-I did give somebody some more clues so I will share those clues; Some do have five, a few have one, there have been instances with one having two and one having three. They could have seven, eight, nine, ten and eleven but I have never seen any like those. And the numbers do not refer to engine cylinders.

It has been more than a week so I will give the answer; A Guitar 🎸. There are 12 string guitars, bass guitars have 4 strings, most guitars have 6 strings. There are 5 string basses (they have a low B string added to them). I once saw The Presidents of the United States playing on the Jenny McCarthy Show and the guitar only had 3 strings and the bass only had 2 strings. A wash tub bass guitar has only 1 string. Guitars could have 7, 8, 9 , 10 or 11 strings but I have never seen any like that.
I have no senses but no senses exist without me. I do have one sense and it should be common but unfortunately it isn’t very.
Brain.

She had four but one was for show while Lucy had four that were good.
Mary has three and Elizabeth had two but poor Victoria only has one.



"Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it." George Santayana

Ok, I thought this may have been a little specific, so...


She (Titanic) had four but one was for show while Lucy (Lusitania) had four that were good.
(RMS Queen)Mary has three and (RMS Queen)Elizabeth had two but poor (MS Queen)Victoria only has one.

Get it now?



"Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it." George Santayana

Smokestacks! That was so clever! I was quessing the actual Queens and not ships.

George had two, Bill had two, George’s father had one, Ronald had two, Jimmy had one, Gerald had a half and Richard had one and a half. Who are they?
They are probably former American presidents, and at a guess, it is the various siblings each had, or half siblings, in some cases.

Is that it?
It is Former presidents of the United States and the number refers to the number of terms each president served. I could have added Barack had two, Lyndon had one and a quarter, John had three quarters and Frank had three and a quarter but I thought that would be too obvious.

Go ahead and post a riddle Gypsy.
A yes, the terms of office. Could have been siblings, with the half business, and indeed the others would have given it away.

Tall I am young, Short I am old, While with life I glow, Wind is my foe. What am I?
You are a candle.

I see nothing myself but I can help a specific person see. If the wrong person uses me, she or he won’t see as well. I usually come in pairs but my use as a single, though possible, isn’t fashionable anymore.
A towel

I don't have a new, riddle - can you guess the solution to that?
My strength can be measured in molarity or molality. I have to have two parts and nobody is sure why I work with some pairs and not with others. (Is this a good guess to your enigma, Gypsie?)
You are a question on a chemistry exam.

Clever play on the word "solution", by the way.
It contains nothing itself yet it can swallow just about anything and it can sometimes be found in pockets.
A Hole.

Where on earth...

My first is in Mother but never in Dad
My second in Cousin who isn't a Lad.
My third is in Cooking though not in a cook
And my fourth is in written though not in a book
My fifth is in Michael but not if he's Mike
and my last is in Heaven or Hell, if you like.
So where is this place that I love to be?
The answer is here if you can but see.



"Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it." George Santayana

Ok, too hard? Here is the answer.
…………...My first is in Mother but never in Dad
….....My second in CoUsin who isn't a Lad.
....My third is in CookiNg though not in a cook
And my fourth is in wrItten though not in a book
………..My fifth is in MiChael but not if he's Mike
…....and my last is in Heaven or Hell, if you like.
So where is this place that I love to be?
The answer is here if you can but see.



"Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it." George Santayana

Its beginning has no end yet it ends all things living.