A rare gold coin worth thousands was dropped into the Salvation Army bucket by an anonymous holiday donor

A man was likely on “Santa’s Nice List” after dropping a special coin into the Salvation Army’s donation jar on Christmas Eve.

Local Salvation Army workers in Washington, Pennsylvania were collecting donations with their red kettles outside a Giant Eagle grocery store.

A generous donor dropped off a gold coin wrapped in a dollar bill affixed with a note saying he wished to remain anonymous.

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A spokesperson for the Salvation Army told Fox News Digital that the coin has been stamped Queen Elizabeth II’s potrait and cost more than $2,700.

After a rare gold coin was donated to the Salvation Army’s Red Kettle in Washington, Pennsylvania, by an anonymous good Samaritan, the donor dropped it into pedestrian traffic during the holiday. (Salvation Army)

“Increasing foot traffic over the holidays is vital to the Red Kettle campaign,” a spokesperson said.

The Red Kettles collected an average of $2.7 million per day holiday season.

“In fact, in a typical year, about half of the donations The Salvation Army receives (including donations to Red Kettles) come between October and December,” the spokesperson said.

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David Zanca, senior portfolio manager at Louisiana-based Blanchard & Co., an American investment firm specializing in rare coins, told Fox News Digital that the coin is one ounce. Canadian gold maple leaf.

“Canadian gold maple leaf coins are quite popular with investors as a way to buy gold bullion. Gold bullion pieces are valued primarily for their gold content,” Zanca said.

The Red Kettles averaged $2.7 million per day last holiday season. (Orange County Register via Mark Rightmire/MediaNews Group/Getty Images)

The coin has an inscription dated 1987.

“Assuming the person bought the coin in 1987, they would have paid an average of $520 that year. That’s a difference of over 500% from the value in 1987,” Zanca said, adding that the donation was “huge” for the Salvation Army.

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“One of the interesting aspects of gold coins is that they can be gifted privately,” Zanca said.

“May God have mercy on the person who chooses to donate the gold coin The Salvation Army not only by the size of the donation. But because it calls us now, at the beginning of the new year, to focus on kindness and to discuss it,” he said.

“Funds from the coin will go directly back into the local community to help provide critical social services for individuals and families throughout 2025,” said a spokesperson for the Salvation Army. (Brian Hayes, Lucky Duck Foundation)

This isn’t the first time the Salvation Army has received a gold coin in one of its teapots, as the organization has literally struck gold in the United States over the past four years.

Two South African Krugerrands were gifted Naples, Californiaand Canton, Michigan.

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In Farming Hills, Michigan, two sovereign coins were cast along with a 10 ruble coin.

A gold coin worth $3,000 was found in a teapot in Monmouth, Oregon.

“Funds from the coin will go directly back into the local community to help provide critical social services for individuals and families until 2025,” said the spokesperson of the Salvation Army.

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Alcohol/substance addiction recovery, clothing assistance, rent/mortgage/utility assistance, school supplies, etc. services like will be supported thanks to coins.