Man Pays For New Truck With Loose Change

Paul Brant considers himself a penny pincher, but this time his savings in pennies and quarters really paid off.

70-year-old Brant used more than $25,000 in change to help buy a new Dodge Ram half-ton pickup truck -- 13 years after buying another truck with spare change.

"The old truck didn't have four-wheel drive, and living in the country, I figured I better get a new one to help get me through the snow," he told a local paper.

Brant said he was raised to be thrifty and has been storing his change for years. He estimated he had about $26,000 in coins for the purchase. In 1994, he bought a Dodge pickup and a Dodge Neon using about $36,000 in quarters.

"As long as you don't put your hands back in the till, it really adds up," he said.

Brant stored his change in coffee cans, water jugs and piggy banks. He was escorted by sheriff's deputies as he brought the rolled coins to the dealership.

The employee who sold Brant the truck said the dealership called in an armored car to count and handle the coins.

"No bank wants to take them," the employee said.

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