The Salvation Army announced that they received a very generous present just before Christmas – somebody dropped a rare gold coin in one of their counter charity boxes a week before Christmas.

The generous donation came in the form of the world’s most famous gold coin – the Krugerrand.

The coin, struck from 1oz of 22 carat gold has a precious metal value in excess of £1,300 at time of writing – slightly more than the loose change most people drop into the charity boxes!

WOW!

Just in: Someone dropped a South African Krugerrand into a Richmond, Indiana @SalvationArmy red kettle. The gold coin is valued at $1,758! And it was dropped into the kettle on a match day, meaning that amount will now be even more!@CBS4Indy pic.twitter.com/K62oF6m0Zc

— Angela Brauer (@AngelaBrauerTV) December 22, 2020

Charities, and The Salvation Army in particular, are no strangers to finding such generous gifts in their collection boxes.

A few Christmases ago, a Salvation Army worker found a gold coin wrapped up in a $5 bill. That too was a 1oz gold Krugerrand.

Tonight while counting donations from the Bloomington Salvation Army red kettles I found this intentionally wrapped in a $5 bill. Thank you to the kind and generous soul who donated this Krugerrand for the good work of our local Salvation Army. pic.twitter.com/n0AYf06eDv

— Peggy Welch (@PeggyWelch60) December 20, 2019

Could it be a modern day St Nicholas going from town to town, dropping Krugerrands in collection boxes?

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