20 美元金幣捐贈給塞勒姆的救世軍水壺

週一，救世軍工作人員在統計年度假期籌款活動的捐款時，注意到了這塊不尋常的金屬。

A genuine 1927 $20 double eagle gold coin was dropped in a Salvation Army red kettle at the Monmouth Bi-Mart during Thanksgiving weekend.

感恩節週末期間，一枚 1927 年真品 20 美元雙鷹金幣被扔進蒙茅斯 Bi-Mart 的救世軍紅色水壺中。

The coin, which is made of 90% gold and 10% copper, is worth around $2,600.

這枚硬幣由 90% 的金和 10% 的銅製成，價值約 2,600 美元。

It was discovered by Salvation Army workers on Monday as they were tallying donations from their annual holiday fundraiser.

救世軍工作人員週一在統計年度假期籌款活動的捐款時發現了這一點。

The coin’s donor remains anonymous.

該硬幣的捐贈者仍然是匿名的。

Captain Jeff Walters, who has coordinated kettle donations for The Salvation Army in different places since 2008, said he’s never seen a donation like it. He’s been working in the Salem area for about six years.

傑夫沃特斯上尉自 2008 年以來一直在不同地方協調救世軍的水壺捐贈活動，他說他從未見過這樣的捐贈。他在塞勒姆地區工作了大約六年。

“I’ve heard about it throughout the country. Sometimes you hear stories of folks who drop a gold coin or a diamond ring or something, but you never think that it’s going to happen in your hometown,” he said. “And sure enough, it happened.”

「我在全國各地都聽說過這件事。有時你會聽到人們掉落金幣或鑽戒之類的故事，但你永遠不會想到這種事會發生在你的家鄉，」他說。 “果然，事情發生了。”

Each holiday season, bell-ringers for the Salvation Army of Marion & Polk Counties stand outside Salem-area businesses to collect donations. The money, often spare change, goes to shelter and support vulnerable people in Marion and Polk counties.

每個假期，馬里恩縣和波爾克縣救世軍的敲鐘人都會站在塞勒姆地區企業外收集捐款。這筆錢通常是零錢，用於為馬里恩縣和波爾克縣的弱勢群體提供庇護和支持。

The Salvation Army’s director of marketing for Marion and Polk counties, Rick Marazzani, took the coin to get appraised at Accurate Precious Metals in Salem on Monday.

週一，救世軍馬里恩縣和波爾克縣行銷總監 Rick Marazzani 帶著這枚硬幣前往塞勒姆的 Accurate Precious Metals 接受鑑定。

“When you get these things, you’re cautiously optimistic that it’s real. It felt real, it looked real, but we needed an expert to authenticate it for us,” Marazanni said.

「當你得到這些東西時，你會謹慎樂觀地認為它是真實的。它感覺真實，看起來真實，但我們需要一位專家來為我們驗證它，」馬拉扎尼說。

Staff at the jewelry store were able to confirm the coin’s authenticity. Trent Westfall, a supervisor at the store, said that it’s from the era when the U.S. dollar was backed by gold and silver. The nearly century-old coin is 90% gold and 10% copper.

珠寶店的工作人員確認了這枚硬幣的真實性。該店主管特倫特·韋斯特弗爾(Trent Westfall)表示，這是從美元以黃金和白銀為支撐的時代開始的。這枚近百年歷史的硬幣的成分為90%金和10%銅。

“That’s just how they made them back then. That used to be $20 back then,” he said. Today, he said it retails for around $2,600.

「當時他們就是這麼做的。那時候是 20 美元，」他說。他說今天的零售價約為 2,600 美元。

The coin is a Saint-Gaudens, named after its sculptor Augustus Saint-Gaudens, whose design was used by the U.S. mint from 1907 to 1933, according to Westfall. He said its gold has value, and it’s a collectors item on top of that.

據Westfall稱，這枚硬幣是聖高登斯硬幣，以其雕刻家奧古斯都·聖高登斯命名，美國造幣廠從1907年到1933年一直使用他的設計。他說它的黃金有價值，而且是最重要的收藏品。

“It’s a great piece of history,” he said. He said they see rare coins, including Saint-Gaudens, in the Salem store on about a weekly basis.

“這是一段偉大的歷史，”他說。他說，他們大約每週都會在塞勒姆商店看到包括聖高登斯在內的稀有硬幣。

Westfall said he shared the news with the store’s owner, who was “ecstatic” that their store was able to help the Salvation Army with the special gift.

韋斯特弗爾說，他與商店老闆分享了這個消息，店主對他們的商店能夠向救世軍提供這份特殊禮物感到「欣喜若狂」。

The donation will go toward the organization’s work to shelter people experiencing homelessness, assist families with groceries, utilities and housing and to serve hot meals. The organization has run the Lighthouse Shelter in Salem since

這筆捐款將用於該組織的工作，為無家可歸的人提供庇護，為家庭提供食品雜貨、水電費和住房方面的幫助，並提供熱餐。該組織自成立以來一直在塞勒姆運營燈塔避難所