Coin Worth $1,000 Dropped Into Kettle Salvation Army Says Donation Has Become Tradition

clickorlando ^ | December 17, 2008

[JoeProBono]

FORT MYERS, Fla. -- For the third year in a row, a gold coin worth about $1,000 has shown up in a Salvation Army kettle in Lee County.

The Liberty Eagle coin was left Tuesday with a message on the case: "In Memory of Mimi."

Salvation Army Maj. Art Penhale said the anonymous donation has become a tradition.

He said the money will help 3,200 families. The Salvation Army needs to bring in $16,900 a day to reach its goal, but is averaging $13,000.

Clayton Taylor is the owner of All American Coin in Fort Myers. He said the Liberty Eagle coin is basically "like a thousand dollar coin."

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[BGHater]

Dunno if that's the ‘acutal’ coin. But it was the one used in the story from another article.

[JoeProBono]

[Pistolshot]

Is that genuine imitaion gold plate?

[mysterio]

A couple weeks ago, someone in southern Indiana put a gold Krugerrand in one of the kettles.

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*imitation

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[JoeProBono]

[TexanToTheCore]

Step up to the plate people. I have worked with the SA during disasters and no one does it better. Let’s keep them healthy.