An oddity in list comparison and element assignment

[Scott David Daniels]

michael.f.ellis at gmail.com wrote:

> As to containers,  would you say that envelope containing five $100
> bills is the same as an envelope containing a single $100 bill and 4
> xerox copies of it? If so, I'd like to engage in some envelope
> exchanges with you :-)

Would you say that envelope containing five $100 bills is equal to
an envelope containing five $100 bills with different serial numbers?

--Scott David Daniels
scott.daniels at acm.org