(related to Problem: A Shopping Perplexity)
The first purchase amounted to $1$s. $5\frac 34$d., the second to $1$s. $11\frac 12$d., and together they make $3$s. $5\frac 14$d. Not one of these three amounts can be paid in fewer than six current coins of the realm.
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