20 美元金币捐赠给塞勒姆的救世军水壶

周一，救世军工作人员在统计年度假日筹款活动的捐款时，注意到了这块不寻常的金属。

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

感恩节周末期间，一枚 1927 年真品 20 美元双鹰金币被扔进蒙茅斯 Bi-Mart 的救世军红色水壶中。

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

这枚硬币由 90% 的金和 10% 的铜制成，价值约 2,600 美元。

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

救世军工作人员周一在统计年度假期筹款活动的捐款时发现了这一点。

The coin’s donor remains anonymous.

该硬币的捐赠者仍然是匿名的。

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.

杰夫·沃尔特斯上尉自 2008 年以来一直在不同地方协调救世军的水壶捐赠活动，他说他从未见过这样的捐赠。他在塞勒姆地区工作了大约六年。

“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.”

“我在全国各地都听说过这件事。有时你会听到人们掉落金币或钻戒之类的故事，但你永远不会想到这种事会发生在你的家乡，”他说。 “果然，事情发生了。”

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.

每个假期，马里恩县和波尔克县救世军的敲钟人都会站在塞勒姆地区企业外收集捐款。这笔钱通常是零钱，用于为马里恩县和波尔克县的弱势群体提供庇护和支持。

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.

周一，救世军马里恩县和波尔克县营销总监里克·马拉扎尼 (Rick Marazzani) 带着这枚硬币前往塞勒姆的 Accurate Precious Metals 接受鉴定。

“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.

“当你得到这些东西时，你会谨慎乐观地认为它是真实的。它感觉真实，看起来真实，但我们需要一位专家来为我们验证它，”马拉扎尼说。

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.

珠宝店的工作人员确认了这枚硬币的真伪。该店主管特伦特·韦斯特弗尔(Trent Westfall)表示，这是从美元以黄金和白银为支撑的时代开始的。这枚近百年历史的硬币的成分为90%金和10%铜。

“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.

“当时他们就是这么做的。那时候是 20 美元，”他说。他说今天的零售价约为 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.

据Westfall称，这枚硬币是圣高登斯硬币，以其雕刻家奥古斯都·圣高登斯命名，美国造币厂从1907年到1933年一直使用他的设计。他说它的黄金具有价值，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.

“这是一段伟大的历史，”他说。他说，他们大约每周都会在塞勒姆商店看到包括圣高登斯在内的稀有硬币。

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.

韦斯特弗尔说，他与商店老板分享了这个消息，店主对他们的商店能够向救世军提供这份特殊礼物感到“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

这笔捐款将用于该组织的工作，为无家可归的人提供庇护，为家庭提供食品杂货、水电费和住房方面的帮助，并提供热餐。该组织自成立以来一直在塞勒姆运营灯塔避难所