Man pays $14,000 tax bill in coins

How do you punish a waiter who gave you bad service? Pay them in coins. One California man took this idea to the extreme–although he said it came out of necessity, not any bitterness.

California man Larry Gasper showed up to pay a $14,000 property tax bill with a trunk full of cash–and nothing bigger than a dollar, KRCRTV reported

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Why all the change? Gasper says he lost his tree business a couple of years ago because he couldn't pay his taxes, KGO reported.

"I had to borrow some money,” Gasper told KGO."My grand-kids' piggy banks, my daughters' piggy banks, my money, my change and a lot of people have offered to help a bit.”

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