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Rare coins worth more than $1000 donated into Salvation Army red kettles

By Lauren Silver, Cox Media Group National Content Desk

Secret Santa donates rare gold coin to Salvation Army. This photo from the Salvation Army of Dane County shows the gold coin an anonymous donor put into a red kettle. (Salvation Army of Dane County/)

By Lauren Silver, Cox Media Group National Content Desk

Secret Santas in Michigan and Wisconsin were in the giving spirit, donating valuable rare coins to Salvation Army red kettles.

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This is the ninth year an anonymous donor has put a rare gold South African Krugerrand into the red kettle for the Salvation Army Eastern Michigan Division, WXYZ reported. The 1979 coin is valued at $1700 and was donated in the kettle in St. Clair Shores.

1979 Krugerrand donated to Salvation Army. Photo of the 1979 rare gold coin donated in Macomb County to the Salvation Army. (Salvation Army Eastern Michigan Division)

While this is the ninth year someone has donated a Krugerrand to the Salvation Army in Macomb County, the location was different this year, leading officials to believe this may be a different donor from past years, The Detroit News reported.

Another secret Santa in Madison, Wisconsin, donated a 1974 Krugerrand gold coin into a red kettle in Madison, WKOW reported.

The Salvation Army of Dane County posted a picture of the coin, valued between $2,000 and $2,500, on its Twitter page, and said it was the second gold coin donated to them this season.

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