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Archive Home > 2008 > August > 14 > Man buys truck with thousands of coins

Man buys truck with thousands of coins


August 14, 2008

CINCINNATI — An Ohio man who says he doesn’t trust paper money has delivered enough coins to cover half the price of a brand new pickup.

Employees at a dealership in the Cincinnati suburb of Springdale say 70-year-old James Jones plunked down 16 coffee cans full of coins....

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