During the holiday season, the Salvation Army’s red kettles and bell-ringing volunteers are a common sight in front of stores. This annual campaign, which dates back more than 130 years, helps raise money for the Christian charity’s social programs.

As Salvation Army workers in Oregon were tallying up cash donations to their red collection kettles from Thanksgiving weekend last year, they came across an unusual gift: A 1927 double eagle gold coin,

A rare gold coin was donated to a Salvation Army Red Kettle in Washington, Pennsylvania, by an anonymous good Samaritan due to holiday foot traffic. Coin expert weighs in.