You get one rare coin worth 83 cents, then add 5 pennies to it.
Or you can use 3 quarters, 2 nickels, and a 3-cent piece. If you have a 3-cent piece though, I wouldn't spend it as 3 cents. It's probably worth more than that.
Or you can take a DeLorian, get up to 88 miles per hour. Travel forward to a time when they make 88 cent pieces. Get one of those. Then add 5 worthless slugs to it to get yourself up to 6 coins.
You'll need three pennies to make up the three cents over .85. That uses up three coins, The next three coins will be a half dollar, a quarter, and a dime:
.50
.25
.10
.01
.01
.01
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.88
I've really thought about this question for awhile, I've only found one solution. The only solution is a fifty cent coin, quarter, dime, and three pennies. This question really had my mind thinking, I love questions about money.
...You could have 3 pennies, 1 nickel, 1 quarter, and 1 fifty cent piece. There are no other ways using American currency.
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