The scene
Collectors’ club · Lot tableTwo silver-coloured tokens disappear while three boxes are being distributed. All three had incorrect labels as part of a club exercise.
Before distribution, one sample was examined and put back. That observation lets you reconstruct the contents.
What we know for certain
Each person received exactly one box and did not exchange it. The culprit removed both tokens from the box that actually contained only silver-coloured tokens. All three labels were wrong, there was exactly one box of each composition, and the sample did not change the contents.
The three accounts
Aina Grau
Collector«I received the box labelled Copper, as the distribution record says.»
Berto Roca
Collector«My box said Silver. I did not remove the collection’s tokens.»
Cira Sol
Collector«I was given the box labelled Mixed.»
Examine the evidence
0 of 5 openedOpening these five clues does not cost points.
01The three compositions
The only actual compositions were two copper-coloured tokens, two silver-coloured tokens, or one of each colour. Each composition appeared in a different box.
02The observed sample
One copper-coloured token was taken from the box labelled Mixed. It was shown and returned before the boxes were distributed.
03The incorrect labels
No label correctly described its box. Therefore, the box labelled Mixed could not contain one token of each colour.
04The recorded distribution
Aina received Copper; Berto received Silver; Cira received Mixed. The labels did not change during distribution.
05The missing lot
The culprit took both tokens from the all-silver box, without combining tokens from different boxes.