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Gold coins showing up in Salvation Army kettles as prices trade near record highs
Holiday magic is in the air as a $5 donation turned into $2,000 for Salvation Army volunteers in Vermont as they tallied up the money raised during their annual fundraising drive. According to media reports, the volunteers found a one-ounce American Eagle gold coin tucked into a five-dollar bill. "As we were separating the dollars, I noticed a five-dollar bill that was taped," Major Keith Jache, an officer for the Salvation Army's Barre Corps, said in an interview with the Boston Globe. "At first, I thought, ‘Who is being a joker?'" "We do get all kinds of weird things in our kettles, or all kinds of foreign ... (full story)