Salvation Army kettle has $1,200 gold coin

With a solid “thunk” into a red bucket, Langlade County’s Salvation Army campaign got a $1,200 boost Monday.

Sometime between 8 a.m. and 4 p.m., an anonymous donor placed a $20 gold coin into the collection bucket outside Mills Fleet Farm, during the shifts of either Geno McKenna or Scot Peterson, both longtime bell-ringers.

The coin, in exceptional condition, was discovered during the evening’s count by Cavan Kelly, and quickly identified as a Saint-Gaudens double eagle, produced at the Philadelphia Mint in 1922.

Full story: Antigo Daily Journal