Major Wayne Griswold of the Midlands Division of The Salvation Army, in a file photo, inspects a gold South African Krugerrand coin that an anonymous doner dropped into a Salvation Army kettle at a south St. Louis County Walgreens Department store, December 10. It has become a St. Louis tradition for people to occasionally drop valuable coins into Salvation Army kettles. iw/bg/Bill Greenblatt UPI | License Photo
Stillwell said the coin was sold to a local dealer for $500, bringing the charity closer to its Tree of Lights celebration goal of raising $307,000 by Jan. 11. He said the local Salvation Army has thus far collected just over $160,000.
