This appeared ages ago. I doubt that it is true, there is legal tender in most countries, one of the ideas behind legal tender is to stop idiots doing childish things like this.
One small point of order which probably doesn't matter much, the 1 billion isn't actually a fine, because it isn't imposed by or payable to the government it was decided by the jury payable to Apple, strictly speaking these are damages.
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