When James Jones walked into the Jake Sweeney car dealership in Springdale, Ohio, this summer, he brought with him some change that everyone could believe in -$8,000 worth to be precise. Jones pointed to a brand-new 2008 half-ton Chevrolet Silverado and said, "I want that truck." He then plunked down his down payment: 16 coffee cans full of coins. Salesman David Crisswell told the Cincinnati Enquirer. "He had dimes, quarters, half-dollars, silver and Susan B. Anthony dollars. It took me an hour and a half to count all of it." Jones, 70, said that he has always kept his personal money at home in coins because he doesn't trust banks or paper money. "Paper money will burn," he said, "but it is hard to damage coins. I don't know how long it took me to save this amount, probably all my life." Jones' family has become used to his penny-pinching ways. What surprised them was the fact that Jones was finally replacing his 1981 Chevy pickup. Back in January, Jones was nearly killed when the emergency brake gave out while the truck was idling and rolled over Jones, confining him to a hospital for months.
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机译：今年夏天，当詹姆斯·琼斯（James Jones）走进俄亥俄州斯普林代尔的杰克·斯威尼（Jake Sweeney）的汽车经销店时，他带来了一些大家都可以相信的零钱-确切地说是8,000美元。琼斯指着一辆全新的2008年半吨重的雪佛兰Silverado，说：“我想要那辆卡车。”然后，他放下首付：16罐装满硬币的咖啡罐。推销员David Crisswell告诉辛辛那提询问者。 “他有角钱，四分之一，半美元，银和苏珊·B·安东尼（Susan B. Anthony）美元。我花了一个半小时才数完所有这些。 70岁的琼斯说，他一直将自己的个人货币以硬币存放在家里，因为他不信任银行或纸币。他说：“纸币会燃烧掉，但是很难破坏硬币。我不知道我花了多长时间来保存这笔钱，大概是我一生的时间。”琼斯的家人已经习惯了他花钱的方式。令他们感到惊讶的是，琼斯终于取代了1981年的雪佛兰皮卡。在一月份，琼斯在卡车空转并翻过琼斯时紧急刹车失灵时差点丧命，将他囚禁在医院几个月。
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