Alabama Man Sets New World Record Cash-In of Largest Penny Collection

Coinstar, Inc. customer Edmond Knowles today broke the world's record of the largest-ever single cash-in of pennies, totaling 1,308,459 pennies (or $13,084.59). The cash-in took place at the Flomaton, Ala., Escambia County Bank's Coinstar machine.

"Coinstar estimates there is more than $10.5 billion in loose change sitting idle in American homes. To date, Coinstar has helped consumers in more than 290 million transactions convert their loose change into more than $10 billion in spendable cash. "

[Yahoo News]