Business breaks the piggy bank, tries to pay $23,500 settlement in coins

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The business dispute between two welders had sparks flying when one decided to pay a settlement in quarters, dimes, nickels and pennies.

DENVER — The loose change arrived in a steel box on a flatbed truck – $23,500 in quarters, dimes, nickels and pennies – totaling 6,500 pounds – the box needed a forklift to deliver it all – only attorney Danielle Beem wasn't about to accept it. The piggy bank-busting tonnage of change is the latest chapter in a business dispute between two Northern Colorado welders. last summer, alleging JMF did not pay them for work they did building metal handrails and stairs .

Coins, however, were what she received. Loose coins; JMF Enterprises had apparently taken them out of the boxes and rolls they arrived in. She said her bank, her client's bank and the defendant's bank all said they couldn't accept the coins. She considered a grocery-store coin counter, but they couldn't handle the volume and charge a significant fee.

 

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