Rare gold coin worth thousands dropped into Salvation Army bucket by anonymous holiday donor
One particular person was seemingly on “Santa’s nice list” after dropping a particular coin into a Salvation Army donation kettle on Christmas Eve.
Local Salvation Army employees in Washington, Pennsylvania, had been amassing donations with their Red Kettles in entrance of a Giant Eagle grocery retailer.
A beneficiant donor dropped in a gold coin wrapped in a greenback invoice that had been taped up with a notice saying that she or he needed to stay anonymous.
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A Salvation Army spokesperson informed Fox News Digital that the coin was stamped with Queen Elizabeth the II’s potrait and is worth greater than $2,700.
A uncommon gold coin was donated to a Salvation Army Red Kettle in Washington, Pennsylvania, by an anonymous good Samaritan after the donor dropped it inside amid holiday foot visitors. (The Salvation Army)
“Increased foot traffic around the holidays is critical for The Red Kettle campaign,” mentioned the spokesperson.
The Red Kettles raised a median of $2.7 million every day final holiday season.
“In fact, during a typical year, nearly half of the donations that The Salvation Army receives (including donations to Red Kettles) come from October through December,” the spokesperson added.
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David Zanca, senior portfolio supervisor of Louisiana-based Blanchard & Co., an American funding agency that focuses on uncommon cash, informed Fox News Digital that the coin is a one-ounce, Canadian gold maple leaf.
“Canadian gold maple leaf coins are fairly popular with investors as a way to buy gold bullion. Gold bullion pieces are those that are primarily valued for their gold content,” mentioned Zanca.
The Red Kettles raised a median of $2.7 million every day final holiday season. (Mark Rightmire/MediaNews Group/Orange County Register through Getty Images)
The coin is dated 1987 with an engraved inscription.
“Assuming the person bought the coin in 1987, they would have paid an average price that year of $520. That’s over 500% difference from the 1987 value,” mentioned Zanca, including that the donation is “great” for the Salvation Army.
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“One of the interesting aspects of gold coins is that they can be gifted/donated in a private manner,” mentioned Zanca.
“God bless the person that chose to donate the gold coin to the Salvation Army not just because of the size of the donation. But, because it calls us now, at the start of a new year, to focus on and discuss kindness,” he added.
“The funds that come from the coin will go directly back into the local community to help provide critical social services for individuals and families throughout 2025,” mentioned the Salvation Army spokesperson. (Brian Hayes, Lucky Duck Foundation)
This just isn’t the primary time the Salvation Army has obtained a gold coin in considered one of its kettles, as within the final 4 years the group has actually struck gold throughout the U.S.
Two South African Krugerrands had been donated in Naples, California, and Canton, Michigan.
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In Farming Hills, Michigan, two sovereign cash had been dropped in together with a 10-ruble coin.
A gold coin worth $3,000 was present in a kettle in Monmouth, Oregon.
“The funds that come from the coin will go directly back into the local community to help provide critical social services for individuals and families throughout 2025,” mentioned the Salvation Army spokesperson.
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Services equivalent to alcohol/substance abuse restoration, clothes help, hire/mortgage/utility help, faculty provides and extra can be helped due to the cash.
