Starting with some gold coins and some empty treasure chests, I tried to put 9 gold…

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Problem

Starting with some gold coins and some empty treasure chests, I tried to put 9 gold coins in each treasure chest, but that left 2 treasure chests empty. Instead, I put 6 gold coins in each treasure chest, but then I had 3 gold coins left over. How many gold coins did I have?

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