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Define the equals method to test whether two objects have equal state.
This is different from the test with the == operator, which tests whether the two
references are to the same object:
if (coin1 == coin2) . . .
//
Objects are the sameČsee
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Two References to Equal Objects
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Figure 10
Two References to the Same Object
