Henry Ernest Dudeney/Puzzles and Curious Problems/7 - Squaring Pocket-Money/Solution

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 * Squaring Pocket-Money

Solution
One suggestion is that the coins were a groat, two threepenny bits and a sixpence.

However, it may be assumed that the groat is disallowed on account of it not being legal tender at the time of writing this puzzle.