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No, 5c coins are legal tender unless there’s over $5 worth of them.
Also, legal tender is what must be accepted. Someone could still choose to accept a payment that doesn’t count as legal tender, so even if it did work the way you interpreted it as, someone wouldn’t be obligated to refuse any payment over $5 that included a 5c piece. It’s so you can tell someone trying to be a dick with how they pay you to fuck off without losing the amount they pay you, not for fucking with people trying to make a good faith payment.
And besides both of those, electronic payments would still be a way to make that payment in full.
In general you can get away with it once in the US. After that, it’s still payment, but is also considered harassment, and they’ll charge you for it. There isn’t a law against it, because they’ll apply other laws if you do it
huh interesting… in australia there’s an upper limit on the amount you can pay with low denomination coins
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australian_five-cent_coin#cite_note-4
Wait, so, if I owe you 6,05 AUD, it’s impossible to pay you in full with legal tender?
No, 5c coins are legal tender unless there’s over $5 worth of them.
Also, legal tender is what must be accepted. Someone could still choose to accept a payment that doesn’t count as legal tender, so even if it did work the way you interpreted it as, someone wouldn’t be obligated to refuse any payment over $5 that included a 5c piece. It’s so you can tell someone trying to be a dick with how they pay you to fuck off without losing the amount they pay you, not for fucking with people trying to make a good faith payment.
And besides both of those, electronic payments would still be a way to make that payment in full.
In general you can get away with it once in the US. After that, it’s still payment, but is also considered harassment, and they’ll charge you for it. There isn’t a law against it, because they’ll apply other laws if you do it