Valuable gold coin appears in Pa. donation kettle

GETTYSBURG - Someone dropped a coin worth about $1,700 into a Salvation Army kettle in central Pennsylvania. Again.

A gold South African Krugerrand was discovered Wednesday in a kettle outside a Wal-Mart near Gettysburg. The valuable coin has appeared in Gettysburg-area kettles for several years. But no one knows whom to thank for the generosity.

Local Salvation Army unit organizer C.K. Roulette said he was content with the mystery remaining unsolved. He said it added excitement during long, cold hours of bell-ringing. - AP