🪙 Pennies for Your Fine? One Man’s Petty (and Heavy) Payback Makes National Headlines

We’ve all had that moment — a parking ticket you didn’t quite deserve, or a code violation that made you roll your eyes.

But one man in Maine decided he wasn’t going to write a check. Nope.

 

Instead, he paid his $20,000 fine entirely in pennies.

That’s two million coins — roughly 12,000 pounds of copper, or about the weight of a fully grown African elephant. He hauled them to the town office and dumped them right on the floor.

Some call it petty. Others call it poetic justice. Either way, the town clerk definitely called for backup.

 

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🧾 “A Penny Saved Is a Penny Weaponized”

The man had been fined over a land dispute and wasn’t thrilled about it. So he figured if he had to pay, he’d make it memorable.

And memorable it was — stacks of copper everywhere, workers scrambling to count, and a video that quickly went viral.

 

Fun fact: U.S. coins are technically legal tender for all debts, which means yes, you can legally pay a fine in pennies. It’s just… a nightmare for whoever has to count them.

 

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💭 Imagine This in Cherokee County…

Now picture this happening at City Hall in Canton, Woodstock, or Ball Ground.

 

A U-Haul pulls up. Doors swing open. Out come hundreds of orange buckets full of pennies. Someone’s live-streaming it. Someone else is making a TikTok called #CopperJustice.

 

By the end of the day, there’s a small mountain of coins where the public comment table used to be — and the clerk’s just quietly questioning their life choices.

 

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🏦 Moral of the Story

There’s a fine line between “standing up for yourself” and “spending three weeks rolling coins into paper sleeves.”

 

Still, you’ve got to admire the dedication. The man turned an ordinary government fine into an act of financial performance art — and made the internet cheer him on one penny at a time.

 

So next time you get a parking ticket in downtown Woodstock or a surprise HOA notice, maybe skip the copper avalanche…
but hey — it’s nice to know you’ve got options. 😉

 

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💬 What do you think?
Would you ever pull a stunt like this — or do you secretly admire the guy for having the ultimate “fine-al” word? Let us know what you think. We might feature the funniest responses in next week’s edition!

 

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📍 Local Tie-In: If Pennies Hit Cherokee County...

• • • • The average fine or citation in Cherokee County is around $75–$150.

      • That’s 7,500 to 15,000 pennies — roughly 60 pounds of copper (so maybe just one trip in the SUV).

      • To match this guy’s 12,000-pound stunt, you’d need to pay fines from 150+ HOA meetings, 20 speeding tickets, and one really bad code violation.

So… maybe just write the check. Your back (and your bank teller) will thank you. 😂