Old chestnut: Coins to make a dollar

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(thing) by /dev/joe (4.3 y) (print)   (I like it!) Mon Apr 17 2000 at 4:39:54
An old chestnut goes like this:

What is the smallest number of current U.S. coins that cannot total exactly one dollar? Consider coins worth 1, 5, 10, 25, 50 cents and one dollar as current coins.

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