[pepsionice]

Makes you wonder what the $25 bill was all about in the first place. Course, pennies are legal tender.

[arderkrag]

Course, pennies are legal tender.

I don't think they would have cared about the pennies if he hadn't, you know, dumped them everywhere.

[sport]

They were teaching the pesant a lesson. Serfs are only to obey their masters. They are not allowed to question them in any manner, not express displeasure at or with their actions. They said he owed 25 dollars. Therefore, he owed 25 dollars. The reason he supposedly owed the money is, in their point of view, irrevelent.