Gold coin shows up in red kettle in Champaign - The News-Gazette.com

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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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