JINAN, CHINA — A man in China filled up 16 water bottles with loose change to pay for the initial deposit on his house, the South China Morning Post reports.<br /><br />According to local newspaper the Qilu Evening News, the man accumulated the coinage over a number of years via his work as a seafood vendor in the northern Chinese city of Jinan.<br /><br />So he decided to fill up the water bottles with around 150,000 RMB, which is around US$21,700, in coins, then hauled them to the real estate office for his down payment.<br /><br />One of the staff told the Qilu Evening News that they received a call from the man, asking if he could make the initial payment using coins. They thought he was joking.<br /><br />Video footage shows the staff sitting on the floor and counting all the change — one penny at a time. It took 26 people four hours to tally all the coins.<br /><br />There's no word yet on how the man plans to make the rest of the house payment.
