No one at the Salvation Army knows exactly who put the coin in the kettle and no one has stepped forward to claim the act of generosity. So, it’s a very generous gift and it’s just a testament to the work the Salvation Army is doing here in Mitchell and that people appreciate it,” said Lt. “We looked up what a Krugerrand is and it turns out it’s an ounce of solid gold, and the value of it the day we looked it up was over $2,000. Morin.Ī Krugerrand is a South African coin made of bullion, or gold and silver of high purity. When I pulled it out and looked at it closer. Initially, it looked like a dollar coin, and I thought that’s kind of funny someone would wrap a dollar coin inside of plastic. “We were counting our kettles and as we opened up the kettle, I found this coin that was inside this plastic wrapping. one-dollar gold coin, but it didn’t take long to realize it was actually a Krugerrand. He found a coin that at first he thought was a U.S. (Dakota News Now) - Salvation Army Lieutenant Rodney Morin had quite the surprise last week when he was counting the money collected from the Salvation Army kettles in Mitchell.
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