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From: doug@terak.UUCP (Doug Pardee)
Newsgroups: net.taxes,net.legal,net.auto
Subject: Re: Paying Sales tax twice
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Date: Fri, 7-Mar-86 13:28:54 EST
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>      If I end up having to pay this tax,  can I pay them 626,018
> pennies?  Can they refuse to accept pennies as legal tender?

Yes, they can refuse.  "Non-silver" coins (pennies and nickels) are
not legal tender in quantities exceeding 25 cents.  Seems kinda silly
now that no coins are really made out of silver, and currency is no
longer redeemable for silver.
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Doug Pardee -- CalComp -- {hardy,savax,seismo,decvax,ihnp4}!terak!doug