He buys a car and pays for it in coins

A man paid for a car with coins. It happened in São José, a town on the outskirts of Florianapolis in the state of Santa Catarina in BrazilThe man, who preferred not to reveal his identity, showed up at a local dealership to buy a 2015 Honda City, with thirteen plastic bottles filled with coins. 5 centsless than 1 cent of a euro, and from 1 realwhich is worth about 16 euro cents, to be used to pay for it. “We were shocked: in 14 years we have never seen anything like this,” revealed dealer John Raupp. “But in the end all the coins were counted by our employees.” The total would amount to 17,000 reais, or about 2.800 euro. The difference in the final price of the car of 65,000 reais, 11,000 euros, was paid with a bank transfer. The purchase went well and now the man is already thinking about the next deal. “It’s already the second time (that he saves in this way, ndr), now I will start saving coins for other purchases but this time only in one real”.