LOL.
Man, I wish I found this thread earlier, because I fucking HATE towing companies. They hire the backwoods fucked up rejects who cant make a honest living as a cab driver.
Phil - you owed them a DEBT to get your car back, thus, you should of paid back in PENNIES as it is legal tender in all DEBTS tended to a creditor, public and PRIVATE. The towing company is the creditor in this case as they towed your car in advance, as a credit, to your misfortune.
To anyone doubting the ability to use coins like this, it has been 100% legal since the Coinage act of 1965
I may have missed it but if you paid with credit, cancel the charge, and then go back and make them count a few thousand pennies. Fuck those cunts.