Atlanta, Georgia — The former manager of Georgia, U.S.-based AOK Auto Works who received his final paycheck in the form of 91,500 pennies has cashed out thanks to the help of a local coin company.
After leaving his job at the facility in November 2020, Flaten was owed $915 by his former employee. Left waiting months for his paycheck, Flaten finally received the sums in mid-March–though something was clearly amiss; he had received a pile of 91,500 grease and oil-covered pennies on his driveway in place of the final payment.
When Bellevue, Washington-based Coinstar heard about his predicament, they decided change was needed.
They picked up Flaten’s coins on Thursday and rounded up the amount to give him a $1,000 check.
They also made donations to two charities of Flaten’s choosing–two animal shelters.
“Coinstar has been in the coin business for 30 years and we process approximately 41 billion coins annually — so picking up 91,000 pennies was all in a day’s work,” Coinstar CEO Jim Gaherity said in a statement.
