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A212773 Amounts (in cents) of coins in denominations 1, 5, 10, 25, and 50 (cents) which can consist of equal numbers of coins of all denominations present when two or more denominations are used (or none are used: term 0).

Original entry on oeis.org

0, 6, 11, 12, 15, 16, 18, 22, 24, 26, 30, 31, 32, 33, 35, 36, 40, 41, 42, 44, 45, 48, 51, 52, 54, 55, 56, 60, 61, 62, 64, 65, 66, 70, 72, 75, 76, 77, 78, 80, 81, 82, 84, 85, 86, 88, 90, 91, 93, 96, 99, 102, 104, 105, 108, 110, 112, 114, 120, 121, 122, 123, 124
Offset: 1

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Rick L. Shepherd, May 26 2012

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Comments

Nonnegative multiples of each of 6, 11, 15, 16, 26, 31, 35, 40, 41, 51, 56, 61, 65, 76, 81, 85, 86, and 91.
All products of terms are terms.

Examples

			4 is not a term because it is not an appropriate multiple. Also 4 = 4*1 cannot be represented with more than one denomination of coin. Similarly 7 is not a term; although 7 = 7*1 = 2*1 + 1*5 does have a representation in terms of two denominations, 1 and 5, there are unequal numbers of each.
a(11) = 30 is a term because it is a multiple of 6. 30 = 5*1 + 5*5 = 2*5 + 2*10 = 1*5 + 1*25, so five coins each of denominations 1 and 5, two each of 5 and 10, or one each of 5 and 25 totals 30.
The term 34924118340711600 (5 times the LCM of the numbers in the first comment, so also divisible by 75) is the smallest which can be expressed in 26 such ways, one for each possible combination of two or more of these five coin denominations. (It also can be expressed as a multiple of each of these five alone of course.)
		

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Programs

  • PARI
    {c = 0; n = -1; until(c==10000, n++;
    if(n%6==0 || n%11==0 || n%15==0 || n%16==0 || n%26==0 ||
      n%31==0 || n%35==0 || n%40==0 || n%41==0 || n%51==0 ||
      n%56==0 || n%61==0 || n%65==0 || n%76==0 || n%81==0 ||
      n%85==0 || n%86==0 || n%91==0,
      c++; write("b212773.txt", c, " ", n)))}

A208953 Amounts (in cents) of coins in denominations suggested by Shallit.

Original entry on oeis.org

1, 5, 10, 18, 25, 50
Offset: 1

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Jonathan Vos Post, May 31 2012

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The following is quoted (with minor changes) from Alan Burdick's article: "Jeffrey Shallit analyzed the average handful of change, and devised a clever way to reduce its size. Getting rid of the 1-cent coin, a plot advocated by numerous antipennyists, would certainly help, he says. But Shallit's own scheme for reducing loose change involves the creation of an entirely new coin. What the United States needs, he says, is an 18-cent piece. Shallit reached this conclusion by a linear Diophantine equation. Shallit calculated that the average U.S. transaction produces 4.7 coins in change. If we got rid of the dime and replaced it with an 18-cent coin, the 'cost' of the average transaction would drop from 4.7 to 3.89 coins. A system of coins worth 1¢, 5¢, 18¢, and 29¢ would have the same effect. Should we wish to keep the dime and simply add a fifth denomination, the best coin to add would be 32¢, for an efficiency of 3.46. Even better, if we kept the dime and actually used the half-dollar, then added an 18-cent coin to that mix, we'd gain maximum efficiency: You'd get back a mere 3.18 coins per transaction."

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See A364607 for another version. - N. J. A. Sloane, Aug 12 2023

A212950 Amounts (in cents) of Canadian coins in denominations suggested by Shallit.

Original entry on oeis.org

1, 5, 10, 25, 83, 100, 200
Offset: 1

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Jonathan Vos Post, May 31 2012

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Examples

			1c, 5c, 10c, 25c, 100c (a dollar coin, popularly known as a "loonie," because it bears a picture of a loon), 200c (the "toonie"), and the optimal suggested new coin in the denomination 83c.
		

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Cf. A208953 (analog for American coins).

A212951 Amounts (in hundredths of a Euro) of coins in denominations suggested by Shallit.

Original entry on oeis.org

1, 2, 5, 10, 20, 50, 100, 133, 200
Offset: 1

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Jonathan Vos Post, May 31 2012

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The European Union uses eight coins - worth 1, 2, 5, 10, 20, and 50 cents, plus 1- and 2-Euro coins - with a range of values from 0 to 499. The average cost of making change in Europe, Jeffrey Shallit calculates, is 4.6 coins. The best way to lower the cost, to 3.92, would be for Europeans to add yet another coin, worth either 1.33 or 1.37 Euros (the sequence as shown uses 133, though 137 is an equally valid solution).

Examples

			1, 2, 5, 10, 20, and 50 cents, plus 1- and 2-Euro coins (100 and 200 cents), and the proposed 1.33-Euro coin (133 cents).
		

Crossrefs

Cf. A208953 (analog for American coins).
Cf. A212950 (analog for Canadian coins).
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