Texas man pays his $212 speeding ticket with two buckets full of COINS

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Texas man pays his $212 speeding ticket with two buckets full of COINS in protest against 'extortion'

By Clemence Michallon For Dailymail.com
Published: 13:10 EST, 29 May 2016

A Texas man who got busted driving nine miles per hour over the speed limit paid his fine entirely in pennies - as an act of protest against what he thought was 'extortion'.

Brett Sanders, of Frisco, took his case to trial after going at 39 mph instead of 30 in his neighborhood.

But he lost and a jury decided he should pay a $212 fine.

Sanders, a full-time IT professional and a first and second amendment activist, gathered thousands of pennies to honor his debt.

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...t-pennies.html

[euphemia]

It's legal tender for all debts public and private.

[oyarde]

It's legal tender for all debts public and private.

Until they do away with the Cent here like they did in Canada already and since we no longer have a Two Cent , Three Cent silver , three Cent nickel or five Cent silver coins , he may have to pay the next one with Jefferson nickels