Coin dropped in Salvation Army kettle worth $1,400

Colorado - A valuable gold coin dropped into a Salvation Army kettle outside a Colorado Wal-Mart resembles similar rare coins donated across the nation. Salvation Army bell ringer Clair Harger found the unusual coin in her kettle in Broomfield. The charity investigated and found it was a 1983 South African Krugerrand coin worth $1,400. Similar valuable Krugerrands have turned up in Salvation Army kettles in Florida, Indiana and Washington....More

Gold coin dropped in Pa. Salvation Army kettle

YORK, Pa. (AP) -- The Salvation Army says someone dropped a gold coin worth more than $1,000 in a collection kettle in south-central Pennsylvania. York Salvation Army Maj. Lurlene Mudge said the South African gold Krugerrand was wrapped in a $1 bill and later discovered in counting the collections. It was placed Friday in a kettle outside a Kmart store in Springettsbury Township, just outside York----...More