GRANADA HILLS, Calif., July 2 (UPI) -- A California man who wants to retire and
move away is being held back by 3.6 tons of pennies he has collected in his
garage for 30 years.
Ron England can't find a bank or financial institution willing to give him
bills for his $10,000 in pennies, the Los Angeles Daily News reported Friday.
"I've been working seriously for the past two weeks to get rid of these
pennies," said England, 60, a Paramount Studios projectionist about to retire
with his wife to a country spread in Oregon.
"It's kind of frustrating. Nobody will take them without charging me."
Among the institutions who refused the million coins: the U.S. Office of the
Comptroller of the Currency, the U.S. Engraving and Printing Bureau and the
U.S. Mint. Even a Santa Monica artist who welds couches out of coppers declined
to call him back.
England acquired the pennies after betting his brother he could -- a goal he
reached in March 1979.

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That's just funny. anyone familiar with coinstar? I would LOVE to see the look on the face of the cashier when you came up to them with that receipt!