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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;CamaroDMD, post: 407982, member: 5233&quot;]I haven&#039;t read the other answers to this thread in an attempt to solve it myself...so if I repeat what was already said, I&#039;m sorry.</p><p><br /></p><p>I see 2 possible endings for this story:</p><p><br /></p><p>In the first scenario, you assume that the third coin is telling the truth (stating that the coin who proclaimed &quot;He&#039;s said he&#039;s a nickel&quot; is in fact a lair).&nbsp; In that case, the third coin is a nickel (who tells the truth), the second coin is a dime (who lie&#039;s) and the first coin is also a dime (because it is untrue that he&#039;s a nickel).</p><p><br /></p><p>So, to recap:</p><p>First Coin: Dime</p><p>Second Coin: Dime</p><p>Third Coin: Nickel</p><p><br /></p><p>In the second scenario, you assume that the third coin is lying when he says to the second coin &quot;you liar.&quot;&nbsp; Therefore, the third coin is a dime.&nbsp; If the statement &quot;you liar&quot; is itself a lie, then the second coin is telling the truth when he&#039;s says &quot;he said he&#039;s a nickel&quot;&nbsp; If the second is telling the truth he, like the first coin, is a nickel.</p><p><br /></p><p>So, to recap:</p><p>First Coin: Nickel</p><p>Second Coin: Nickel</p><p>Third Coin: Dime</p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;m unsure if this can be solved any further.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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