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Man Buys Chevrolet In Coins
« on: September 12, 2008, 12:40:00 PM »
An Ohio man with a hatred of paper money slapped down $8,000 in coins at a car dealership to buy a Chevrolet pick-up - then paid the rest by cheque.

James Jones, 70, produced 16 coffee cans full of coins to buy his new Chevrolet Silverado in Cincinnati and staff spent 90 minutes counting it.

But his coin hoard only covered half of the $16,000 (£8,500) price tag.

The man's son said the most amazing thing for him was his father deciding to replace his 1981 pick-up at all.

As far back as he could remember, Dennis Jones told the Cincinnati Enquirer, his father had always had coins.

“He gave me lunch money in coins and each time he ever gave me money it was in coins,” he recalled.  - BBC News

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Re: Man Buys Chevrolet In Coins
« Reply #1 on: September 12, 2008, 01:10:30 PM »
this reminds me of my collected coins back in the philippines since 1988...i'm used to collect my coins whenever i have.. ang uban cguro dili na madawat... i hope 100 years from now its value is much more...

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Re: Man Buys Chevrolet In Coins
« Reply #2 on: September 12, 2008, 11:56:07 PM »
haha! kuyawa no? maybe he wants to be sure nga dili fake ang money :)
i wonder if unsa nga value sa coin..
basin if dre pa sa ato 25cents ang gi gamit

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Re: Man Buys Chevrolet In Coins
« Reply #3 on: October 12, 2008, 02:27:54 PM »
hehe this story watered my eyes.

My Lolo Ciano, who was a truck driver of 'Salvo Lines' when he was still working, used to have his pockets filled with coins. Centavos and Pisos. lol.

As a child, I could remember going to him and asking him for money to buy things at the local mercado in Valencia.

Nothing wrong with coins. Because coins means hard work, imho. Especially for the older generation.

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