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Coin Worth $1,000 Left In Salvation Army Kettle
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Published: December 17, 2008
FORT MYERS - For the third year in a row, a gold coin worth about $1,000 has shown up in a Salvation Army kettle in Lee County.
The Liberty Eagle coin was left Tuesday with a message on the case: "In Memory of Mimi."
Salvation Army Maj. Art Penhale says the anonymous donation has become a tradition.
He says the money will help 3,200 families. The Salvation Army needs to bring in $16,900 a day to reach its goal, but is averaging $13,000.
Clayton Taylor is the owner of All American Coin in Fort Myers. He says the Liberty Eagle coin is basically "like a $1,000 coin."
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