Solution

(related to Problem: A Queer Thing in Money)

The answer is as follows: £$44,444,$ $4$s. $4$d. $= 28,$ and, reduced to pence, $10,666,612 = 28.$

It is a curious little coincidence that in the answer $10,666,612$ the four central figures indicate the only other answer, £$66,$ $6$s. $6$d.


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

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