You have 10 coins in your hand. You drop one, and it vanishes. How many coins do you have left?
Category: Brain · Difficulty: expert
Hint: Consider the number before the drop
Answer
Still 9 coins
Explanation
You still possess 9 coins despite one being lost; possession does not change.
This is a expert brain riddle — one of the harder riddles here. The answer is Still 9 coins.
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