BAY CITY, Mich. (AP) - Someone has dropped a thousand-dollar gold coin in a Salvation Army red kettle outside a Bay City supermarket.
Salvation Army spokeswoman Andrea Kenski said Wednesday that an anonymous donor slipped the 1984 South African Krugerrand in among the usual loose change at a Kroger store. She says the coin is worth an estimated $1,200.
Kenski says an anonymous donor also gave a Krugerrand in nearby Bangor Township last year. The Salvation Army received a Kruggerand at a suburban Detroit supermarket last week.
Kenski says a Krugerrand is worth enough to help feed 10 hungry people a year, or to help provide coats to 48 children.
The Salvation Army is known for its Christmas red kettle season fundraising drive, which raises money for programs to aid the poor.
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