I once paid My Water Bill ($600.00+) in Pennies.
Had a leaking toilet while I was in the Hospital from Emergency Surgery on a Ruptured Intestine and a repair on top of that a week later, put into an Induced Coma that kept Me from ripping out the second set of stitches. Then a month in a Nursing Rehabilitation Center learning how to walk again.
They wouldn’t even let Me pay over time of uthe Bill. So they got the pennies...
Given the situation, I hope you paid them in loose pennies rather than rolled pennies. They deserved it.