Arizona Coin Collector
December 12th 08, 10:39 PM
Hello
Not wearing a seatbelt? I guess they don't issue
warning first before giving you a ticket.
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FROM:
http://www.northjersey.com/news/aroundnj/Non-cents.html
A battle over non-cents?
Friday, December 12, 2008
Last updated: Friday December 12, 2008, 5:16 PM
BY JEFF FRANKEL / NUTLEY SUN
STAFF WRITER
Frank Gilberti finally gets to put in his two cents
in his effort to pay a $56 traffic fine.
In pennies.
The Nutley resident has been trying to settle up
with the Bloomfield Municipal Court for weeks, but
administrators there won't accept his payment.
They aren't loose but wrapped in 112 separate
rolls, each valued at 50 cents, Gilberti argues.
They're divided into two bricks, $25 worth each,
plus an additional 12 loose rolls, valued at
$6. Total: $56.
Bloomfield Court Administrator Richard Salierno
Jr. says there's a simple solution: "If he would
put [his 15-digit] driver's license number on all
the rolls, we would accept them."
But Gilberti refused, arguing he wouldn't have to
write down the information on paper money.
To the court, it's serious business. It issued a
warrant for his arrest, and Gilberti showed up
ready to turn himself in. But his lawyer [who
happens to be his uncle] got the $90 bail
revoked after saying Gilberti would be pleading
not guilty.
The court date is set for 9 a.m. this Tuesday.
"I really don't look at change different than I
do from dollar bills," said Gilberti, a
22-year-old funeral home employee. "It all adds
up to the same amount."
He insists he isn't trying to make anyone look
back. He said he merely went to the bank to get
the money needed to pay his fine and decided to
pay with 5,600 pennies.
Gilberti originally was pulled over and cited
for not wearing a seatbelt. Municipal Court
Judge Joseph Connolly rejected the pennies, and
court workers advised him to go back to the bank
and convert the coins to cash.
"They thought I was leaving with my tail behind
my legs," he said. But to Gliberti "money is
money" and 100 cents equals $1.
Neither side seems willing to give in.
And if the judge decides to penalize him with
time in custody?
"I haven't given any thought to that situation,"
Gilberti said. "I'll deal with that when it comes
up."
In the meantime, he remains perplexed.
"Pennies are an accepted currency in the State
of New Jersey," Gilberti said, "except in the
town of Bloomfield."
...
Not wearing a seatbelt? I guess they don't issue
warning first before giving you a ticket.
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FROM:
http://www.northjersey.com/news/aroundnj/Non-cents.html
A battle over non-cents?
Friday, December 12, 2008
Last updated: Friday December 12, 2008, 5:16 PM
BY JEFF FRANKEL / NUTLEY SUN
STAFF WRITER
Frank Gilberti finally gets to put in his two cents
in his effort to pay a $56 traffic fine.
In pennies.
The Nutley resident has been trying to settle up
with the Bloomfield Municipal Court for weeks, but
administrators there won't accept his payment.
They aren't loose but wrapped in 112 separate
rolls, each valued at 50 cents, Gilberti argues.
They're divided into two bricks, $25 worth each,
plus an additional 12 loose rolls, valued at
$6. Total: $56.
Bloomfield Court Administrator Richard Salierno
Jr. says there's a simple solution: "If he would
put [his 15-digit] driver's license number on all
the rolls, we would accept them."
But Gilberti refused, arguing he wouldn't have to
write down the information on paper money.
To the court, it's serious business. It issued a
warrant for his arrest, and Gilberti showed up
ready to turn himself in. But his lawyer [who
happens to be his uncle] got the $90 bail
revoked after saying Gilberti would be pleading
not guilty.
The court date is set for 9 a.m. this Tuesday.
"I really don't look at change different than I
do from dollar bills," said Gilberti, a
22-year-old funeral home employee. "It all adds
up to the same amount."
He insists he isn't trying to make anyone look
back. He said he merely went to the bank to get
the money needed to pay his fine and decided to
pay with 5,600 pennies.
Gilberti originally was pulled over and cited
for not wearing a seatbelt. Municipal Court
Judge Joseph Connolly rejected the pennies, and
court workers advised him to go back to the bank
and convert the coins to cash.
"They thought I was leaving with my tail behind
my legs," he said. But to Gliberti "money is
money" and 100 cents equals $1.
Neither side seems willing to give in.
And if the judge decides to penalize him with
time in custody?
"I haven't given any thought to that situation,"
Gilberti said. "I'll deal with that when it comes
up."
In the meantime, he remains perplexed.
"Pennies are an accepted currency in the State
of New Jersey," Gilberti said, "except in the
town of Bloomfield."
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