Gold coin shows up in red kettle in Champaign
Arizona Coin Collector
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Gold coin shows up in red kettle in Champaign
By Meg Thilmony
Tuesday, November 25, 2008 5:04 PM CDT
CHAMPAIGN - For the fifth year in a row, the
Champaign County Salvation Army fished something
special from a donation kettle.
A donor pushed an Austrian 4 ducat gold coin
into the slot in the kettle stationed at the
County Market on Kirby Avenue and Duncan Road
on Monday, sometime between noon and 8 p.m.,
said the Salvation Army's Melanie Hall. The
coin is valued at $335.
It's the fifth year, at least, that the
Salvation Army has received a gold coin as a
donation, she said. However, its location was
a little different this year. In past years,
the coin was donated at the County Market
on Philo Road.
"They always come in at a County Market,
which is strange," Hall said. The type of
coin has been different each year, she said.
While the coin will be sold and its proceeds
added to the Salvation Army's Red Kettle funds,
Hall said the organization is still "searching
desperately" for bell-ringing volunteers.
For more information, contact Hall at 373-7832.
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Arizona Coin Collector
The story below is different than the first one. This time
someone gives a diamond ring instead of a gold coin
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Man ringing Salvation Army kettle gets a diamond
4 hours ago
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) - A volunteer ringing the bell
at a Salvation Army kettle in south-central
Pennsylvania got an unusual donation: a diamond
ring. The ring was handed to August Memmi, who
volunteered for the Salvation Army in Harrisburg
during his lunch hour Tuesday.
The young man told Memmi that he'd bought the
ring for his mother using money he'd earned
mowing lawns, but she died this year and he
wanted to put it to good use.
The ring's value was unclear Tuesday; the
Salvation Army planned to have it appraised.
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