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In reality, we've found methods of exchanging large sums of money without actually presenting large sums of money. For instance, you get a mortgage to buy a house. You get a paycheck every week, not $300 in cash per week (as a for instance). You have cashier's cheques to move large sums of money from one bank account to another. However, if you walk into a car dealership and offer to buy a car on the spot without financing, holding fists full of $100 bills, then this trope comes into effect.
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In reality, we've found methods of exchanging large sums of money without actually presenting large sums of money. For instance, you get a mortgage to buy a house. You get a paycheck every week, not $300 in cash per week (as a for instance).week. You have cashier's cheques to move large sums of money from one bank account to another. However, if you walk into a car dealership and offer to buy a car on the spot without financing, holding fists full of $100 bills, then this trope comes into effect.
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* Averted in general in the United States, but only if there is no prior existing debt held by one of the parties of the transaction. If you do have a pre-existing debt to another entity, the other party ''must'' legally accept any legal tender (i.e., Federal Reserve Notes) transacted to settle the debt, including government entities[[hottip:*:This is how fiat currency (it's worth X dollars because the government says so) can work - you can always use it to pay your taxes.]] - "This note is legal tender for all debts, public and private" is printed on all US paper currency for this reason.[[hottip:*:Note that this doesn't mean you can't other things to settle debt like coupons or gold coins; the other side just has to be willing to accept it.]] This rule exists primarily to prevent undue harrasment by the debt holder (i.e., he cannot arbitrarily make you repay the debt with diamonds just to be a jerk). What this means is that merchants (including public entities like toll roads) can forbid the use of, say, pennies because there's no pre-existing debt - if you tried, the other side can simply cancel the transaction and take back their merchandise (or not allow you use of the road). On the other hand, if you already owe someone else (say, the [[IntimidatingRevenueService IRS]]), you can use small denominations to pay it off and they would have to accept it to settle the debt (i.e., your tax bill).
** There is a case of [[http://www.deseretnews.com/article/705373959/Peeved-patient-proud-of-penny-protest.html a man in Utah]] who paid a disputed $25 bill with a clinic entirely in pennies. He was cited by the police for disorderly conduct, but only because he intentionally spilled them all over the counter and on the floor, scaring the crap out of everyone - the actual payment of the bill in pennies was perfectly fine.
** There is a case of [[http://www.deseretnews.com/article/705373959/Peeved-patient-proud-of-penny-protest.html a man in Utah]] who paid a disputed $25 bill with a clinic entirely in pennies. He was cited by the police for disorderly conduct, but only because he intentionally spilled them all over the counter and on the floor, scaring the crap out of everyone - the actual payment of the bill in pennies was perfectly fine.
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* Averted in general in the United States, States. There is no law says it is illegal to use small denominations in large quantities, but only if there is also no prior existing federal law that requires merchants to accept any and all denominations (some states do, though, in which case this trope can be played straight). This means people, businesses, and organizations (including goverment entities) can refuse payment in a legal transaction using legal tender as a matter of policy (not accepting pennies, convenience stores not accepting bills larger than $20, etc.). This also means, for example, it is legal for someone to only accept gold or even jelly beans as payment if you want to buy something from him. For a debt held by one of the parties of the transaction. If you do have a pre-existing debt to another entity, the other party thatthat has already been incurred, however, legal tender ''must'' legally accept any legal tender (i.e., Federal Reserve Notes) transacted to settle the debt, including government entities[[hottip:*:This is how fiat currency (it's worth X dollars because the government says so) can work - be accepted — restaurants that don't collect payment until after you can always use it finish your meal cannot, for example, refuse your offer to pay your taxes.]] - "This note is legal tender for all debts, public cash and private" is printed on all US paper currency for this reason.[[hottip:*:Note that this doesn't mean insist you can't other things to settle debt like coupons or pay in, say, gold coins; the other side just has to be willing to accept it.]] This rule exists primarily to prevent undue harrasment by the debt holder (i.e., he cannot arbitrarily make you repay the debt with diamonds just to be a jerk). What this means is that merchants (including public entities like toll roads) can forbid the use of, say, pennies because there's no pre-existing debt - if you tried, the other side can simply cancel the transaction and take back their merchandise (or not allow you use of the road). On the other hand, if you already owe someone else (say, the [[IntimidatingRevenueService IRS]]), you can use small denominations to pay it off and (if they did, you could bring them to court and the judge would have to accept it to settle the debt (i.e., dismissed because your tax bill).
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* Averted in general in the United States, but only if there is no prior existing debt held by one of the parties of the transaction. If you do have a pre-existing debt to another entity, the other party ''must'' legally accept any legal tender (i.e., Federal Reserve Notes) transacted to settle the debt, including government entities[[hottip:*:This is how fiat currency (it's worth X dollars because the government says so) can work - you can always use it to pay your taxes.]] - "This note is legal tender for all debts, public and private" is printed on all US paper currency for this reason.[[hottip:*:Note that this doesn't mean you can't other things to settle debt like coupons or gold coins; the other side just has to be willing to accept it.]] This rule exists primarily to prevent undue harrasment by the debt holder (i.e., he cannot arbitrarily make you repay the debt with diamonds just to be a jerk). What this means is that merchants (including public entities like toll roads) can forbid the use of, say, pennies because there's no pre-existing debt - if you tried, the other side can simply cancel the transaction and take back their merchandise (or not allow you use of the road). On the other hand, if you already someone else (say, the [[IntimidatingRevenueService IRS]]) debt, you can use small denominations to pay it off and they would have to accept it to settle the debt (i.e., your tax bill).
** There is a case of [[http://www.deseretnews.com/article/705373959/Peeved-patient-proud-of-penny-protest.html a man in Utah]] who paid a disputed $25 bill with a clinic entirely in pennies. He was cited by the police for disorderly conduct, but only because he dropped them on the counter all at once and scared the crap out of everyone - the actual payment of the bill in pennies was perfectly fine.
** There is a case of [[http://www.deseretnews.com/article/705373959/Peeved-patient-proud-of-penny-protest.html a man in Utah]] who paid a disputed $25 bill with a clinic entirely in pennies. He was cited by the police for disorderly conduct, but only because he dropped them on the counter all at once and scared the crap out of everyone - the actual payment of the bill in pennies was perfectly fine.
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* Averted in general in the United States, but only if there is no prior existing debt held by one of the parties of the transaction. If you do have a pre-existing debt to another entity, the other party ''must'' legally accept any legal tender (i.e., Federal Reserve Notes) transacted to settle the debt, including government entities[[hottip:*:This is how fiat currency (it's worth X dollars because the government says so) can work - you can always use it to pay your taxes.]] - "This note is legal tender for all debts, public and private" is printed on all US paper currency for this reason.[[hottip:*:Note that this doesn't mean you can't other things to settle debt like coupons or gold coins; the other side just has to be willing to accept it.]] This rule exists primarily to prevent undue harrasment by the debt holder (i.e., he cannot arbitrarily make you repay the debt with diamonds just to be a jerk). What this means is that merchants (including public entities like toll roads) can forbid the use of, say, pennies because there's no pre-existing debt - if you tried, the other side can simply cancel the transaction and take back their merchandise (or not allow you use of the road). On the other hand, if you already owe someone else (say, the [[IntimidatingRevenueService IRS]]) debt, IRS]]), you can use small denominations to pay it off and they would have to accept it to settle the debt (i.e., your tax bill).
** There is a case of [[http://www.deseretnews.com/article/705373959/Peeved-patient-proud-of-penny-protest.html a man in Utah]] who paid a disputed $25 bill with a clinic entirely in pennies. He was cited by the police for disorderly conduct, but only because hedropped intentionally spilled them on all over the counter all at once and scared on the floor, scaring the crap out of everyone - the actual payment of the bill in pennies was perfectly fine.
** There is a case of [[http://www.deseretnews.com/article/705373959/Peeved-patient-proud-of-penny-protest.html a man in Utah]] who paid a disputed $25 bill with a clinic entirely in pennies. He was cited by the police for disorderly conduct, but only because he
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* Averted in general in the United States, but only if there is no prior existing debt held by one of the parties of the transaction. If you do have a pre-existing debt to another entity, the other party ''must'' legally accept any legal tender (i.e., Federal Reserve Notes) transacted to settle the debt, including government entities[[hottip:*:This is how fiat currency (it's worth X dollars because the government says so) can work - you can always use it to pay your taxes.]] - "This note is legal tender for all debts, public and private" is printed on all US paper currency for this reason.[[hottip:*:Note that this doesn't mean you can't other things to settle debt like coupons or gold coins; the other side just has to be willing to accept it.]] This rule exists primarily to prevent undue harrasment by either party. What this means is that merchants (including public entities like toll roads) can forbid the use of, say, pennies because there's no pre-existing debt - if you tried, the other side can simply cancel the transaction and take back their merchandise (or not allow you use of the road). On the other hand, if you already someone else (say, the [[IntimidatingRevenueService IRS]]) debt, you can use small denominations to pay it off and they would have to accept it to settle the debt (i.e., your tax bill).
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* Averted in general in the United States, but only if there is no prior existing debt held by one of the parties of the transaction. If you do have a pre-existing debt to another entity, the other party ''must'' legally accept any legal tender (i.e., Federal Reserve Notes) transacted to settle the debt, including government entities[[hottip:*:This is how fiat currency (it's worth X dollars because the government says so) can work - you can always use it to pay your taxes.]] - "This note is legal tender for all debts, public and private" is printed on all US paper currency for this reason.[[hottip:*:Note that this doesn't mean you can't other things to settle debt like coupons or gold coins; the other side just has to be willing to accept it.]] This rule exists primarily to prevent undue harrasment by either party.the debt holder (i.e., he cannot arbitrarily make you repay the debt with diamonds just to be a jerk). What this means is that merchants (including public entities like toll roads) can forbid the use of, say, pennies because there's no pre-existing debt - if you tried, the other side can simply cancel the transaction and take back their merchandise (or not allow you use of the road). On the other hand, if you already someone else (say, the [[IntimidatingRevenueService IRS]]) debt, you can use small denominations to pay it off and they would have to accept it to settle the debt (i.e., your tax bill).
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* Averted in general in the United States, but only if there is no prior existing debt held by one of the parties of the transaction. If you do have a pre-existing debt to another entity, the other party ''must'' legally accept any legal tender (i.e., Federal Reserve Notes) transacted to settle the debt, including government entities[[hottip:*:This is how fiat currency (it's worth X dollars because the government says so) can work - you can always use it to pay your taxes.]] - "This note is legal tender for all debts, public and private" is printed on all US paper currency for this reason.[[hottip:*:Note that this doesn't mean you can't other things to settle debt like coupons or gold coins; the other side just has to be willing to accept it.]] This rule exists primarily to prevent undue harrasment by either party. What this means is that merchants can forbid the use of, say, pennies because there's no pre-existing debt (i.e., no sale). On the other hand, if you already someone else (say, the [[IntimidatingRevenueService IRS]]) debt, you can use small denominations to pay it off and they would have to accept it to settle the debt (i.e., your tax bill).
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* Averted in general in the United States, but only if there is no prior existing debt held by one of the parties of the transaction. If you do have a pre-existing debt to another entity, the other party ''must'' legally accept any legal tender (i.e., Federal Reserve Notes) transacted to settle the debt, including government entities[[hottip:*:This is how fiat currency (it's worth X dollars because the government says so) can work - you can always use it to pay your taxes.]] - "This note is legal tender for all debts, public and private" is printed on all US paper currency for this reason.[[hottip:*:Note that this doesn't mean you can't other things to settle debt like coupons or gold coins; the other side just has to be willing to accept it.]] This rule exists primarily to prevent undue harrasment by either party. What this means is that merchants (including public entities like toll roads) can forbid the use of, say, pennies because there's no pre-existing debt (i.e., no sale).- if you tried, the other side can simply cancel the transaction and take back their merchandise (or not allow you use of the road). On the other hand, if you already someone else (say, the [[IntimidatingRevenueService IRS]]) debt, you can use small denominations to pay it off and they would have to accept it to settle the debt (i.e., your tax bill).
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* Averted in real life. Most countries have laws that allow retailers to reject payments if they involve too large a volume of small denominations. Should someone do this, it is illegal.
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* Averted in real life.life for the most part. Most countries have laws that allow retailers to reject payments if they involve too large a volume of small denominations. Should someone do this, it is illegal.
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* If a good cashier is being put upon by an absolutely terrible customer, the cashier can take vengeance by administering what's known in the United States as "the penny treatment", which is giving the customer his exact change — entirely in the lowest possible money denomination, typically counted out individually.
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* Averted in general in the United States, but only if there is no prior existing debt held by one of the parties of the transaction. If you do have a pre-existing debt to another entity, the other party ''must'' legally accept any legal tender (i.e., Federal Reserve Notes) transacted to settle the debt, including government entities[[hottip:*:This is how fiat currency (it's worth X dollars because the government says so) can work - you can always use it to pay your taxes.]] - "This note is legal tender for all debts, public and private" is printed on all US paper currency for this reason.[[hottip:*:Note that this doesn't mean you can't other things to settle debt like coupons or gold coins; the other side just has to be willing to accept it.]] This rule exists primarily to prevent undue harrasment by either party. What this means is that merchants can forbid the use of, say, pennies because there's no pre-existing debt (i.e., no sale). On the other hand, if you already someone else (say, the [[IntimidatingRevenueService IRS]]) debt, you can use small denominations to pay it off and they would have to accept it to settle the debt (i.e., your tax bill).
** This works in reverse as well: if a good cashier is being put upon by an absolutely terrible customer, the cashier can take vengeance by administering what's known in the United States as "the penny treatment", which is giving the customer his exact change — entirely in the lowest possible money denomination, typically counted outindividually.individually. The change legally counts as debt owed by the store to the customer, so the store via the cashier is legally allowed to settle the debt this way.
** This works in reverse as well: if a good cashier is being put upon by an absolutely terrible customer, the cashier can take vengeance by administering what's known in the United States as "the penny treatment", which is giving the customer his exact change — entirely in the lowest possible money denomination, typically counted out
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* In ''ThePeopleVsLarryFlynt'', Flynt paid a $10,000 contempt-of-court fine by bringing a garbage bag full of one dollar bills into the courtroom.
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* In ''ThePeopleVsLarryFlynt'', ''Film/ThePeopleVsLarryFlynt'', Flynt paid a $10,000 contempt-of-court fine by bringing having two hookers bring a garbage bag full of one dollar bills into the courtroom.
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** Coinstar will accept this trope. It turns your coins into bills, so you can avoid this trope.
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** Coinstar will accept this trope. It turns your coins into bills, so you can avoid this trope. Of course, it does this at a rather hefty fee...
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On more expensive things, such as a [[CoolBoat luxury yacht]], a BriefcaseFullOfMoney can be used instead if a ZillionDollarBill isn't available. May be the result of RidiculousFutureInflation. CheapGoldCoins is a related trope. TruthInTelevision.
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On more expensive things, such as a [[CoolBoat luxury yacht]], a BriefcaseFullOfMoney can be used instead if a ZillionDollarBill isn't available. May be the result of RidiculousFutureInflation.RidiculousFutureInflation and RidiculousExchangeRates. CheapGoldCoins is a related trope. TruthInTelevision.
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* [[RidiculousExchangeRates The South Korean Won is at approximately 1,000 Won = $1 US.]] Unfortunately, the largest size bill available to the general public is 10,000 Won, which with the varying exchange rates tends to be about an $8~$11 bill at most. Now Korean landlords, when renting to Americans, like their rent for the year up front, in cash...So every year to two years, a number of Americans are seen with [[BriefcaseFullOfMoney large brown paper bags full of 10,000 Won bills.]] To give an idea, my family was living in a 4-bedroom apartment that cost 5,000,000 Won a month.
** Currently in 2010, the largest size bill available to the general public is 50,000 Won, thank you very much.
** Currently in 2010, the largest size bill available to the general public is 50,000 Won, thank you very much.
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* In the SpiderRobinson novel "The Callahan Touch", the third of three wishes granted by a magical clurichaun is that he legitimately pay for the enormous amount of alcohol he consumed. [[JackassGenie So he pays in gold coins- LOTS of gold coins, as he had nearly cleaned out every last drop in the bar.]]
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* In the SpiderRobinson novel "The "[[Literature/CallahansCrosstimeSaloon The Callahan Touch", Touch]]", the third of three wishes granted by a magical clurichaun is that he legitimately pay for the enormous amount of alcohol he consumed. [[JackassGenie So he pays in gold coins- LOTS of gold coins, as he had nearly cleaned out every last drop in the bar.]]
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* A man drinks a beer in a bar, is unhappy about the service and pays the 2.50 in pennies. The barkeeper can't do anything about it, since the amount isn't big enough, but secretly swears revenge. Months or years later, the man returns, has forgotten about everything, and orders a beer. This time, he pays with a 5$ (or €) note. The barkeeper uses the opportunity to give him the change in pennies. The man remembers now, but just shrugs: "I think I'll have another beer, then."
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* A man drinks a beer in a bar, is unhappy about the service and pays the 2.50 in pennies. The barkeeper can't do anything about it, since the amount isn't big enough, but secretly swears revenge. Months or years later, the man returns, has forgotten about everything, and orders a beer. This time, he pays with a 5$ (or €) note. The barkeeper uses the opportunity to give him the change in pennies. The man remembers now, but just shrugs: "I think I'll have another beer, then."
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* In ''Series/HappyEndings'', Max has to pay rent in pennies, pouring them out of a jug into the landlord's desk, because he had no job. At the end of the episode, he offers to pay for dinner after winning a lot of money, but pours out pennies from the same jug, because "pennies are the only currency I trust."
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* Some places only accept coins, like arcades and laundromats. Usually, if they want you to do this trope, it's in quarters. They should have a change machine too.
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** Coinstar will accept this trope. It turns your coins into bills, so you can avoid this trope.
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* In the German comic strip ''Oskar'', the family uses pennies to pay for their new car. It's TheAllegedCar, but still.
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* In the German comic strip ''Oskar'', ''ComicStrip/{{Oskar}}'', the family uses pennies to pay for their new car.''car''. It's TheAllegedCar, but still.
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** A module for Edition 3.5 has an example where doing this is to your advantage. You run across some barbarian halflings who use a barter system--which means 1 gold piece (weighing about 1 third of an ounce, or 7.5 grams) is not much use to to them. However, the equivalent in copper pieces (100cp = 1 gp in this edition) means 2 pounds of metal they can melt down and use.
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* ''America's Dumbest Criminals'' relates a story in which the girlfriend of an accused vending machine thief comes to the station to pay his bail... entirely in quarters.
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* In ''Radio/TheGoonShow'' episode "The Canal", Bluebottle (as the accredited agent of Lloyds of London) arrives to pay out insurance of £40,000 -- in pennies, counted one by one. He gets as far as 4,000,832 pennies (roughly £16,670) before Eccles drops the hat he's counting them out into, and has to start again.
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* In ''Radio/TheGoonShow'' episode "The Canal", Bluebottle (as the accredited agent of Lloyds of London) arrives to pay out insurance of £40,000 -- in pennies, counted one by one. He gets as far as 4,000,832 pennies (roughly £16,670) before Eccles drops the hat he's counting them out into, and has to start again.
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** [[http://www.francetvinfo.fr/peut-on-payer-ses-impots-en-pieces-de-1-centime_211639.html A French example]] from 2012, a man protested against a tax rise by paying his taxes with 50kg of 1, 2 and 5 cent coins. He was apparently helped gather the coins by the other inhabitants of his town, "amused" by the prospect.
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* In ''VideoGame/TheElderScrolls'' series, this seems to crop up when you buy more expensive items (such as houses in ''Oblivion'' and ''Skyrim''). Since there is no higher integer to the currency than the septim [gold coin], you would be dumping at least 5000 coins in the lap of the local steward just to get a foot on the property ladder.
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* In ''VideoGame/TheElderScrolls'' ''Franchise/TheElderScrolls'' series, this seems to crop up when you buy more expensive items (such as houses in ''Oblivion'' ''[[VideoGame/TheElderScrollsIVOblivion Oblivion]]'' and ''Skyrim'').''[[VideoGame/TheElderScrollsVSkyrim Skyrim]]''). Since there is no higher integer to the currency than the septim [gold coin], you would be dumping at least 5000 coins in the lap of the local steward just to get a foot on the property ladder.
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You go to a store, and buy your things. You check out, and you don't have more than the total. [[Note]] No credit cards either [[Note]] Instead, you must pay in exact change, but all you got is a [[EleventyZillion really huge]] number of coins.This is either used as a last resort without going in debt, JustForFun, protesting the recipient, or as a metaphor of something. The clerk can either [[SchmuckBait try to count all of it]], or [[TakeOurWordForIt trusts the customer]] and accepts the coins.
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You go to a store, and buy your things. You check out, and you don't have more than the total. [[Note]] No [[note]]No credit cards either [[Note]] either[[/note]] Instead, you must pay in exact change, but all you got is a [[EleventyZillion really huge]] number of coins.This is either used as a last resort without going in debt, JustForFun, protesting the recipient, or as a metaphor of something. The clerk can either [[SchmuckBait try to count all of it]], or [[TakeOurWordForIt trusts the customer]] and accepts the coins.
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* In ''{{The People vs. Larry Flynt}}'', Flynt paid a $10,000 contempt-of-court fine by bringing a garbage bag full of one dollar bills into the courtroom.
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* In ''{{The People vs. Larry Flynt}}'', ''ThePeopleVsLarryFlynt'', Flynt paid a $10,000 contempt-of-court fine by bringing a garbage bag full of one dollar bills into the courtroom.
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* In ''WesternAnimation/TheElderScrolls'' series, this seems to crop up when you buy more expensive items (such as houses in ''Oblivion'' and ''Skyrim''). Since there is no higher integer to the currency than the septim [gold coin], you would be dumping at least 5000 coins in the lap of the local steward just to get a foot on the property ladder.
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* Invoked on {{iCarly}}. Carly, Sam and Freddie agree to promote a new sneaker on their show, and got paid $8000 a week. They were to be cut a check, but Sam then insisted on cash. Cue a bunch of ad executives digging in their pockets for $8000 in bills. [[spoiler:When they got bought out of the contract for $30,000, Carly then insists on being paid in cash.]]
* This isn't quite buying something, but it's obviously related: in an old episode of TheMaryTylerMooreShow, Ted owes Murray a few dollars, and keeps putting him off by asking if Murray has change for a $500 bill. At the end of the show, Murray indicates he does this time...in nickels. The bags come out from under the desk...
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* This isn't quite buying something, but it's obviously related: in an old episode of TheMaryTylerMooreShow, Ted owes Murray a few dollars, and keeps putting him off by asking if Murray has change for a $500 bill. At the end of the show, Murray indicates he does this time...in nickels. The bags come out from under the desk...
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* Invoked on{{iCarly}}.''Series/{{iCarly}}''. Carly, Sam and Freddie agree to promote a new sneaker on their show, and got paid $8000 a week. They were to be cut a check, but Sam then insisted on cash. Cue a bunch of ad executives digging in their pockets for $8000 in bills. [[spoiler:When they got bought out of the contract for $30,000, Carly then insists on being paid in cash.]]
* This isn't quite buying something, but it's obviously related: in an old episode ofTheMaryTylerMooreShow, ''Series/TheMaryTylerMooreShow'', Ted owes Murray a few dollars, and keeps putting him off by asking if Murray has change for a $500 bill. At the end of the show, Murray indicates he does this time...in nickels. The bags come out from under the desk...
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* Apparently the catalyst for a deep seated grudge by the Ice Cream Man in ''DextersLaboratory'', Dexter pays for an ice cream (the most expensive one on stock, by the way) with a ridiculously large jar of pennies, [[ItMakesSenseInContext an accident with which]] [[DisasterDominoes manages to systematically ruin]] [[DisproportionateRetribution the Ice Cream Man's]] [[GeorgeJetsonJobSecurity entire life]]. [[MotiveRant After the Ice Cream Man explains]] this to Dexter and the latter apologizes, Dexter buys a regular ice cream (which costs $1)... and pays with a $100 bill. [[BigNO The Ice Cream Man's]] [[DespairEventHorizon anguished]] [[HereWeGoAgain shriek]] [[AesopAmnesia says]] [[HypocriticalHumor everything]].
** There's another ''DextersLaboratory'' example that closes the episode "Repairanoid". Although the electrician's $40,000 bill shocks Dexter's mom at first, she quickly shifts to an agreeable tone and takes out her purse to pay -- by withdrawing coins one at a time and counting them. The electrician doesn't protest.
* On ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'' Homer once tried to pay a $900 gas bill by sending a water-cooler bottle full of pennies in the mail. When he puts it down next to the mailbox it falls into the earth.
* Apparently the catalyst for a deep seated grudge by the Ice Cream Man in ''DextersLaboratory'', Dexter pays for an ice cream (the most expensive one on stock, by the way) with a ridiculously large jar of pennies, [[ItMakesSenseInContext an accident with which]] [[DisasterDominoes manages to systematically ruin]] [[DisproportionateRetribution the Ice Cream Man's]] [[GeorgeJetsonJobSecurity entire life]]. [[MotiveRant After the Ice Cream Man explains]] this to Dexter and the latter apologizes, Dexter buys a regular ice cream (which costs $1)... and pays with a $100 bill. [[BigNO The Ice Cream Man's]] [[DespairEventHorizon anguished]] [[HereWeGoAgain shriek]] [[AesopAmnesia says]] [[HypocriticalHumor everything]].
** There's another ''DextersLaboratory'' example that closes the episode "Repairanoid". Although the electrician's $40,000 bill shocks Dexter's mom at first, she quickly shifts to an agreeable tone and takes out her purse to pay -- by withdrawing coins one at a time and counting them. The electrician doesn't protest.
* On ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'' Homer once tried to pay a $900 gas bill by sending a water-cooler bottle full of pennies in the mail. When he puts it down next to the mailbox it falls into the earth.
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* Done in an episode of ''FamilyGuy'' ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy'' where Stewie is held up in line in a supermarket due to Bruce, after done quibbling over having one item over the 10 Items Or Less limit, asks to pay for it all in pennies.
* Apparently the catalyst for a deep seated grudge by the Ice Cream Man in''DextersLaboratory'', ''WesternAnimation/DextersLaboratory'', Dexter pays for an ice cream (the most expensive one on stock, by the way) with a ridiculously large jar of pennies, [[ItMakesSenseInContext an accident with which]] [[DisasterDominoes manages to systematically ruin]] [[DisproportionateRetribution the Ice Cream Man's]] [[GeorgeJetsonJobSecurity entire life]]. [[MotiveRant After the Ice Cream Man explains]] this to Dexter and the latter apologizes, Dexter buys a regular ice cream (which costs $1)... and pays with a $100 bill. [[BigNO The Ice Cream Man's]] [[DespairEventHorizon anguished]] [[HereWeGoAgain shriek]] [[AesopAmnesia says]] [[HypocriticalHumor everything]].
** There's another''DextersLaboratory'' ''Dexter's Laboratory'' example that closes the episode "Repairanoid". Although the electrician's $40,000 bill shocks Dexter's mom at first, she quickly shifts to an agreeable tone and takes out her purse to pay -- by withdrawing coins one at a time and counting them. The electrician doesn't protest.
* On''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'' ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'', Homer once tried to pay a $900 gas bill by sending a water-cooler bottle full of pennies in the mail. When he puts it down next to the mailbox mailbox, it falls into the earth.
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* Supposedly there have been people who paid their taxes in pennies.
* King Ludwig II of Bavaria was a big fan of RichardWagner. His subjects, even the ministers, didn't share his love. When the king ordered that Wagner should receive a great sum of money for support, the responsible man paid him in silver coins. Several sacks of them. Wagner was enraged and demanded that the whole cabinet would step down.
* In Germany, there's the custom that a bride will pay her shoes in pennies. [[Note]] Explanation: To demonstrate that she will be a thrifty housewife.[[Note]] The problem with this: When this custom developed, this would amount to some hundred pennies. Nowadays, with the inflation, ''ten thousands'' aren't impossible.
* British regional councils got so fed up with people making points, or paying disputed bills or local tax money under protest, by bringing a wheelbarrow full of small coin to the tax office, that they are now exerting their common-law right to refuse the method of payment. If the individual then retorts that they have offered payment and it's not their fault the council refused to accept it, test cases have been brought to court and established that the individual is still guilty of non-payment or late payment, and fines have been imposed.
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* King Ludwig II of Bavaria was a big fan of RichardWagner. His subjects, even the ministers, didn't share his love. When the king ordered that Wagner should receive a great sum of money for support, the responsible man paid him in silver coins. Several sacks of them. Wagner was enraged and demanded that the whole cabinet would step down.
* In Germany, there's the custom that a bride will pay her shoes in pennies. [[Note]] Explanation: To demonstrate that she will be a thrifty housewife.[[Note]] The problem with this: When this custom developed, this would amount to some hundred pennies. Nowadays, with the inflation, ''ten thousands'' aren't impossible.
* British regional councils got so fed up with people making points, or paying disputed bills or local tax money under protest, by bringing a wheelbarrow full of small coin to the tax office, that they are now exerting their common-law right to refuse the method of payment. If the individual then retorts that they have offered payment and it's not their fault the council refused to accept it, test cases have been brought to court and established that the individual is still guilty of non-payment or late payment, and fines have been imposed.
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You go to a store, and buy your things. You check out, and you don't have more than the total. [[Note]] No credit cards either [[Note]] Instead, you must pay in exact change, but all you got is a [[EleventyZillion really huge]] number of coins.This is either used as a last resort without going in debt, JustForFun, protesting the recipient, or as a metaphor of something. The clerk can either [[SchmuckBait try to count all of it]], or [[TakeOurWordForIt trusts the customer]] and accepts the coins.
In reality, we've found methods of exchanging large sums of money without actually presenting large sums of money. For instance, you get a mortgage to buy a house. You get a paycheck every week, not $300 in cash per week (as a for instance). You have cashier's cheques to move large sums of money from one bank account to another. However, if you walk into a car dealership and offer to buy a car on the spot without financing, holding fists full of $100 bills, then this trope comes into effect.
On more expensive things, such as a luxury yacht, A BriefcaseFullOfMoney can be used instead if a ZillionDollarBill isn't available. May be the result of RidiculousFutureInflation. CheapGoldCoins is a related trope. TruthInTelevision.
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* In the German comic strip ''Oskar'', the family uses pennies to pay for their new car. It's TheAllegedCar, but still.
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* On ''The {{Coneheads}}'', Prymaat zaps a vending machine and they use the quarters to pay for a motel room.
* In ''{{The People Vs Larry Flynt}}'', Flynt paid a $10,000 contempt-of-court fine by bringing a garbage bag full of one dollar bills into the courtroom.
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* In the SpiderRobinson novel "The Callahan Touch", the third of three wishes granted by a magical clurichaun is that he legitimately pay for the enormous amount of alcohol he consumed. [[JackassGenie So he pays in gold coins- LOTS of gold coins, as he had nearly cleaned out every last drop in the bar.]]
* In ''The Keys of the Kingdom'', one of the complaints against the poor Catholic priest being investigated by the bishop is that he pays for candles for the church in pennies. He muses, "That's how it comes to me."
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* An episode of {{Seinfeld}} had Kramer was collecting change to use the apartment's dryer so his clothes would be warm when he got dressed, then, after deciding to use Jerry's oven instead, tries to pay for Goerge's kalzones with loose change, pissing off the store owner. The episode's stinger has him paying a debt by tossing a pillowcase of coins at someone, knocking them over.
* Invoked on {{iCarly}}. Carly, Sam and Freddie agree to promote a new sneaker on their show, and got paid $8000 a week. They were to be cut a check, but Sam then insisted on cash. Cue a bunch of ad executives digging in their pockets for $8000 in bills. [[spoiler:When they got bought out of the contract for $30,000, Carly then insists on being paid in cash.]]
* This isn't quite buying something, but it's obviously related: in an old episode of TheMaryTylerMooreShow, Ted owes Murray a few dollars, and keeps putting him off by asking if Murray has change for a $500 bill. At the end of the show, Murray indicates he does this time...in nickels. The bags come out from under the desk...
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*Ska band The W's, in their song "Stupid", referenced the UrbanLegend of the man arrested for stealing from vending machines, who managed to further incriminate himself when he posted bail:
->Well he swore that he was innocent
->so he paid off his bail and home he went.
->But soon back to jail our hero was sent
->because he paid off his bail with quarters and dimes.
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* In the ''Tabletopgame/{{Shadowrun}}'' universe, the Great Dragon Lofwyr buys the majority of heavy industrial corporation Saeder-Krupp stocks with gold from his hoard, although it isn't specified if it's tons of gold coins or in another form.
* In 1st Edition Advanced ''DungeonsAndDragons'' a gold piece was worth 200 copper pieces. Many monster treasures had ''thousands'' of almost worthless copper pieces. Since moneychangers often charged a significant fee (e.g. 10%) for changing copper pieces into higher denomination coins, a {{PC}} might decide to pay for a purchase with bags full of coppers.
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* In The Elder Scrolls series, this seems to crop up when you buy more expensive items (such as houses in Oblivion and Skyrim). Since there is no higher integer to the currency than the septim (gold coin), you would be dumping at least 5000 coins in the lap of the local steward just to get a foot on the property ladder.
* The player can invoke this trope in ''VideoGame/OdinSphere''. You have to manually select the coins you want to pay with when buying things. The coins vary from the cheap Ragnanival Silver (worth 1G) to the rare and valuable Commemorative Coin (worth 20G). It's possible to buy expensive things and pay them with a truckload of Ragnan Silver.
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* A satire site claimed that Samsung paid off its $1.05 billion fine to Apple by sending them dumptrucks full of nickels. http://www.snopes.com/politics/satire/samsung.asp
* [[http://www.youtube.com/user/pennypranks This]] YouTube channel has videos of services being paid in pennies.
* A joke about this features in [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tHtdywWHvUU&feature=plcp this]] {{Website/Cracked}} TV episode.
* [[http://www.cracked.com/photoplasty_497_20-tiny-changes-that-would-ruin-famous-technologies_p20/#7 Entry #7]] in ''Website/{{Cracked}}'''s photoplasty contest "20 Tiny Changes That Would Ruin Famous Technologies" features a cash machine from which money is withdrawn as a bucketful of pennies.
* When [[WebAnimation/HomestarRunner Strong Bad]] stumbles upon the Compe in a catalog, he immediately pulls out his bag of 80,000 pennies to pay for it (it ''crushes his mailbox'').
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* Done in an episode of ''FamilyGuy'' where Stewie is held up in line in a supermarket due to Bruce, after done quibbling over having one item over the 10 Items Or Less limit, asks to pay for it all in pennies.
* Apparently the catalyst for a deep seated grudge by the Ice Cream Man in ''DextersLaboratory'', Dexter pays for an ice cream (the most expensive one on stock, by the way) with a ridiculously large jar of pennies, [[ItMakesSenseInContext an accident with which]] [[DisasterDominoes manages to systematically ruin]] [[DisproportionateRetribution the Ice Cream Man's]] [[GeorgeJetsonJobSecurity entire life]]. [[MotiveRant After the Ice Cream Man explains]] this to Dexter and the latter apologizes, Dexter buys a regular ice cream (which costs $1)... and pays with a $100 bill. [[BigNO The Ice Cream Man's]] [[DespairEventHorizon anguished]] [[HereWeGoAgain shriek]] [[AesopAmnesia says]] [[HypocriticalHumor everything]].
** There's another ''DextersLaboratory'' example that closes the episode "Repairanoid". Although the electrician's $40,000 bill shocks Dexter's mom at first, she quickly shifts to an agreeable tone and takes out her purse to pay -- by withdrawing coins one at a time and counting them. The electrician doesn't protest.
* On ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'' Homer once tried to pay a $900 gas bill by sending a water-cooler bottle full of pennies in the mail. When he puts it down next to the mailbox it falls into the earth.
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* A ChristmasEpisode of ''WesternAnimation/{{Arthur}}'' had the title character paying for his mom's present out of a coin jar. The cashier fell asleep waiting for him to count it all out.
* Carl from ''WesternAnimation/AquaTeenHungerForce'' tried to pay for a hooker's services with a giant jar of pennies, since there was nothing saying he couldn't. He gets knocked out a moment later by the {{Phlebotinum}} of the episode. The hooker leaves, dragging the jar of pennies with her.
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* Averted in real life. Most countries have laws that allow retailers to reject payments if they involve too large a volume of small denominations. Should someone do this it is illegal.
** For example, in Canada, one can only pay up to 50 cents in pennies.
* Coinstar will accept this. It turns your coins into bills, so you can avoid this trope.
* If a good cashier is being put-upon by an absolutely terrible customer, the cashier can take vengeance by administering what's known in the US as "the penny treatment", which is giving the customer their exact change — entirely in the lowest possible money denomination, typically counted out individually.
* Supposedly there have been people who paid their taxes in pennies.
* King Ludwig II of Bavaria was a big fan of RichardWagner. His subjects, even the ministers, didn't share his love. When the king ordered that Wagner should receive a great sum of money for support, the responsible man paid him in silver coins. Several sacks of them. Wagner was enraged and demanded that the whole cabinet would step down.
* In Germany, there's the custom that a bride will pay her shoes in pennies. [[Note]] Explanation: To demonstrate that she will be a thrifty housewife.[[Note]] The problem with this: When this custom developed, this would amount to some hundred pennies. Nowadays, with the inflation, ''ten thousands'' aren't impossible.
* British regional councils got so fed up with people making points, or paying disputed bills or local tax money under protest, by bringing a wheelbarrow full of small coin to the tax office, that they are now exerting their common-law right to refuse the method of payment. If the individual then retorts that they have offered payment and it's not their fault the council refused to accept it, test cases have been brought to court and established that the individual is still guilty of non-payment or late payment, and fines have been imposed.
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In reality, we've found methods of exchanging large sums of money without actually presenting large sums of money. For instance, you get a mortgage to buy a house. You get a paycheck every week, not $300 in cash per week (as a for instance). You have cashier's cheques to move large sums of money from one bank account to another. However, if you walk into a car dealership and offer to buy a car on the spot without financing, holding fists full of $100 bills, then this trope comes into effect.
On more expensive things, such as a luxury yacht, A BriefcaseFullOfMoney can be used instead if a ZillionDollarBill isn't available. May be the result of RidiculousFutureInflation. CheapGoldCoins is a related trope. TruthInTelevision.
Examples
[[folder/Comic Books]]
* In the German comic strip ''Oskar'', the family uses pennies to pay for their new car. It's TheAllegedCar, but still.
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[[folder/Film]]
* On ''The {{Coneheads}}'', Prymaat zaps a vending machine and they use the quarters to pay for a motel room.
* In ''{{The People Vs Larry Flynt}}'', Flynt paid a $10,000 contempt-of-court fine by bringing a garbage bag full of one dollar bills into the courtroom.
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[[folder/Literature]]
* In the SpiderRobinson novel "The Callahan Touch", the third of three wishes granted by a magical clurichaun is that he legitimately pay for the enormous amount of alcohol he consumed. [[JackassGenie So he pays in gold coins- LOTS of gold coins, as he had nearly cleaned out every last drop in the bar.]]
* In ''The Keys of the Kingdom'', one of the complaints against the poor Catholic priest being investigated by the bishop is that he pays for candles for the church in pennies. He muses, "That's how it comes to me."
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[[folder/LiveActionTV]]
* An episode of {{Seinfeld}} had Kramer was collecting change to use the apartment's dryer so his clothes would be warm when he got dressed, then, after deciding to use Jerry's oven instead, tries to pay for Goerge's kalzones with loose change, pissing off the store owner. The episode's stinger has him paying a debt by tossing a pillowcase of coins at someone, knocking them over.
* Invoked on {{iCarly}}. Carly, Sam and Freddie agree to promote a new sneaker on their show, and got paid $8000 a week. They were to be cut a check, but Sam then insisted on cash. Cue a bunch of ad executives digging in their pockets for $8000 in bills. [[spoiler:When they got bought out of the contract for $30,000, Carly then insists on being paid in cash.]]
* This isn't quite buying something, but it's obviously related: in an old episode of TheMaryTylerMooreShow, Ted owes Murray a few dollars, and keeps putting him off by asking if Murray has change for a $500 bill. At the end of the show, Murray indicates he does this time...in nickels. The bags come out from under the desk...
[[folder/]]
[[folder/Music]]
*Ska band The W's, in their song "Stupid", referenced the UrbanLegend of the man arrested for stealing from vending machines, who managed to further incriminate himself when he posted bail:
->Well he swore that he was innocent
->so he paid off his bail and home he went.
->But soon back to jail our hero was sent
->because he paid off his bail with quarters and dimes.
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* In the ''Tabletopgame/{{Shadowrun}}'' universe, the Great Dragon Lofwyr buys the majority of heavy industrial corporation Saeder-Krupp stocks with gold from his hoard, although it isn't specified if it's tons of gold coins or in another form.
* In 1st Edition Advanced ''DungeonsAndDragons'' a gold piece was worth 200 copper pieces. Many monster treasures had ''thousands'' of almost worthless copper pieces. Since moneychangers often charged a significant fee (e.g. 10%) for changing copper pieces into higher denomination coins, a {{PC}} might decide to pay for a purchase with bags full of coppers.
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[[folder/Video Games]]
* In The Elder Scrolls series, this seems to crop up when you buy more expensive items (such as houses in Oblivion and Skyrim). Since there is no higher integer to the currency than the septim (gold coin), you would be dumping at least 5000 coins in the lap of the local steward just to get a foot on the property ladder.
* The player can invoke this trope in ''VideoGame/OdinSphere''. You have to manually select the coins you want to pay with when buying things. The coins vary from the cheap Ragnanival Silver (worth 1G) to the rare and valuable Commemorative Coin (worth 20G). It's possible to buy expensive things and pay them with a truckload of Ragnan Silver.
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* A satire site claimed that Samsung paid off its $1.05 billion fine to Apple by sending them dumptrucks full of nickels. http://www.snopes.com/politics/satire/samsung.asp
* [[http://www.youtube.com/user/pennypranks This]] YouTube channel has videos of services being paid in pennies.
* A joke about this features in [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tHtdywWHvUU&feature=plcp this]] {{Website/Cracked}} TV episode.
* [[http://www.cracked.com/photoplasty_497_20-tiny-changes-that-would-ruin-famous-technologies_p20/#7 Entry #7]] in ''Website/{{Cracked}}'''s photoplasty contest "20 Tiny Changes That Would Ruin Famous Technologies" features a cash machine from which money is withdrawn as a bucketful of pennies.
* When [[WebAnimation/HomestarRunner Strong Bad]] stumbles upon the Compe in a catalog, he immediately pulls out his bag of 80,000 pennies to pay for it (it ''crushes his mailbox'').
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* Done in an episode of ''FamilyGuy'' where Stewie is held up in line in a supermarket due to Bruce, after done quibbling over having one item over the 10 Items Or Less limit, asks to pay for it all in pennies.
* Apparently the catalyst for a deep seated grudge by the Ice Cream Man in ''DextersLaboratory'', Dexter pays for an ice cream (the most expensive one on stock, by the way) with a ridiculously large jar of pennies, [[ItMakesSenseInContext an accident with which]] [[DisasterDominoes manages to systematically ruin]] [[DisproportionateRetribution the Ice Cream Man's]] [[GeorgeJetsonJobSecurity entire life]]. [[MotiveRant After the Ice Cream Man explains]] this to Dexter and the latter apologizes, Dexter buys a regular ice cream (which costs $1)... and pays with a $100 bill. [[BigNO The Ice Cream Man's]] [[DespairEventHorizon anguished]] [[HereWeGoAgain shriek]] [[AesopAmnesia says]] [[HypocriticalHumor everything]].
** There's another ''DextersLaboratory'' example that closes the episode "Repairanoid". Although the electrician's $40,000 bill shocks Dexter's mom at first, she quickly shifts to an agreeable tone and takes out her purse to pay -- by withdrawing coins one at a time and counting them. The electrician doesn't protest.
* On ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'' Homer once tried to pay a $900 gas bill by sending a water-cooler bottle full of pennies in the mail. When he puts it down next to the mailbox it falls into the earth.
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* A ChristmasEpisode of ''WesternAnimation/{{Arthur}}'' had the title character paying for his mom's present out of a coin jar. The cashier fell asleep waiting for him to count it all out.
* Carl from ''WesternAnimation/AquaTeenHungerForce'' tried to pay for a hooker's services with a giant jar of pennies, since there was nothing saying he couldn't. He gets knocked out a moment later by the {{Phlebotinum}} of the episode. The hooker leaves, dragging the jar of pennies with her.
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* Averted in real life. Most countries have laws that allow retailers to reject payments if they involve too large a volume of small denominations. Should someone do this it is illegal.
** For example, in Canada, one can only pay up to 50 cents in pennies.
* Coinstar will accept this. It turns your coins into bills, so you can avoid this trope.
* If a good cashier is being put-upon by an absolutely terrible customer, the cashier can take vengeance by administering what's known in the US as "the penny treatment", which is giving the customer their exact change — entirely in the lowest possible money denomination, typically counted out individually.
* Supposedly there have been people who paid their taxes in pennies.
* King Ludwig II of Bavaria was a big fan of RichardWagner. His subjects, even the ministers, didn't share his love. When the king ordered that Wagner should receive a great sum of money for support, the responsible man paid him in silver coins. Several sacks of them. Wagner was enraged and demanded that the whole cabinet would step down.
* In Germany, there's the custom that a bride will pay her shoes in pennies. [[Note]] Explanation: To demonstrate that she will be a thrifty housewife.[[Note]] The problem with this: When this custom developed, this would amount to some hundred pennies. Nowadays, with the inflation, ''ten thousands'' aren't impossible.
* British regional councils got so fed up with people making points, or paying disputed bills or local tax money under protest, by bringing a wheelbarrow full of small coin to the tax office, that they are now exerting their common-law right to refuse the method of payment. If the individual then retorts that they have offered payment and it's not their fault the council refused to accept it, test cases have been brought to court and established that the individual is still guilty of non-payment or late payment, and fines have been imposed.
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