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Solution

(related to Problem: A Puzzle in Reversals)

The answers are:

1. £$13$.
2. £$23$ $19$s. $11$d.

The words "the number of pounds exceeds that of the pence" exclude such sums of money as £$2$, $16$s. $2$d. and all sums under £$1$.

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1. Dudeney, H. E.: "Amusements in Mathematics", The Authors' Club, 1917

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