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A coin a day in a jar

The puzzle

Every day, a man drops a small coin into a jar.

He has been doing it for years.

When the jar fills up, he does not spend what is in it.

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Answer

He started on the day he gave up smoking, and he adds one coin for every day he has not smoked since.

The coins are not savings.

They are a count of the days.

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