Gold coin shows up in red kettle in Champaign
By Meg Thilmony
Tuesday November 25, 2008
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.
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