Man Tries to Pay Tax With 200,000 Pennies to Protest 'Skyrocketing' Taxes

Toronto Sun, Man Tries to Pay Tax With 200,000 Pennies:

A Quebec man, fed up with his skyrocketing property taxes, carted more than 200,000 pennies down to City Hall to pay his bill. But he was denied, and asked to simply cut a cheque. ... Under the Currency Act, nobody is obliged to accept more than 25 pennies as payment for any product or service. Normand Czepial, unfortunately, was 213,600 over the limit.