Pennsylvania, Franklin County

Chambersburg. In August 2015, a Shippensburg handyman parked his work truck on the wrong side of a Chambersburg street for 10 minutes and returned to find a $25 ticket. Miffed at the “ridiculous” amount, and determined to "inconvenience them like they inconvenieced me," he showed up to pay the fine with 2,500 rolled pennies—only to be told by Chambersburg’s finance director (after, presumably, some hurried consultation among employees) that pennies aren’t legal tender over 25 cents, per federal law. This caused what the borough later termed a “public uproar,” followed by a public about-face: As the U.S. Coinage Act of 1965 had supplanted the old law, Chambersburg would now accept pennies as payment for any amounts, and would be installing coin-counting equipment to smooth the process. But the borough manager also harrumphed publicly that “tormenting a borough cashier … is not an appropriate protest, in my opinion.” See Mikkelson, David. “Man Rebuffed in Attempt to Pay Parking Fine in Pennies.” Snopes.com. 14 August 2015. https://www.snopes.com/news/2015/08/14/parking-fine-pennies/. See also “Passive-aggressive parking ticket penny payment rejected in Pennsylvania.” UPI. 13 August 2015. https://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2015/08/13/Passive-aggressive-parking-ticket-penny-payment-rejected-in-Pennsylvania/2451439485872/