Man gets paid $915 final paycheck in pile of oily pennies – video

A US man has said 90,000 pennies covered in oil or grease were left at the end of his driveway after he pressed his former employer to pay the $915 he was owed in wages.

Andreas Flaten said he left his job at A OK Walker Autoworks in Peachtree City, Georgia, in November but had difficulty getting his final payment, even turning to the Georgia department of labor to receive help.

In mid-March, Flaten said as he left his house with his girlfriend he noticed the pile at the end of his driveway. He said the coins were covered with some sort of oily substance and an envelope containing his final pay slip and an explicit parting message.

• US employee says he received $915 in oily pennies as final wages