A SALVATION Army chapter has received a Christmas miracle after a mystery donor dropped a gold coin worth $2,000 into a collection kettle.
Turns out, secret Santas across the nation have been donating valuable coins to the organization.
The Salvation Army has received a boost to its Christmas collection thanks to a generous donation by a mystery giver.
Salvation Army workers in Vermont made the generous donation this month when they were counting money after a long day of raising funds.
When sorting through one of the red collection kettles, Major Keith Jache first came across a $5 bill that was taped together.
“So me and a couple of our volunteers were sitting around, we were counting the money for the night and all of a sudden a $5 bill came out and it was taped," he told local CBS affiliate WCAX-TV.
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"And our first thing was like, who is trying to be funny?"
But it was no joke, as Jache found a gold coin wrapped inside the bill.
Although the coin looked valuable, he and the other volunteers had no idea how much it was worth until they got it appraised.
The piece is worth $2,000, with Jache saying, "We were overly happy and overly blessed to receive it."
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A Barre resident who learned of the story told the outlet it is a true blessing.
But this Christmas miracle in Vermont is not the only incident of its kind to happen this month.
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In Indiana, Salvation Army volunteers came across a $50 gold American eagle coin last week in a kettle that was outside a Walmart.
The price of the gold alone is worth an estimated $1,995.
"We are grateful not only for its monetary value but also the morale booster of receiving such a valuable sacrifice from a caring donor," Major Rachel Stouder, the Central Indiana area commander, told Fox59.
And another secret Santa has been busy at work in Michigan.
An anonymous donor dropped off a rare South African gold coin into a red kettle outside a Kroger in Detroit.
The South African coin, known as a Krugerrand, is worth $2,031, according to USA Today.
But The Salvation Army is not the only organization to strike gold recently.
Individuals have come across their own goldmines in the most unlikely of places.
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A couple in England found a horde of historic coins worth over $850,000 underneath their kitchen.
And a rare 1913 Liberty Head nickel worth $4.5 million was found in the drawer of an old desk.
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