A decades-old tradition from the Salvation Army is alive and well after a rare Krugerrand gold coin was found inside one of the famous Salvation Army red kettles in Fort Colins this holiday season. For the 26th year in a row, the one-ounce South African gold coin was pulled from a red kettle at a King Soopers store in Fort Collins on Dec 23. The coin is valued at more than $2,700 in today’s currency. Related Articles Colorado News | Longhorns missing from National Western Stock Show parade because of icy roads Colorado News | Man shot by Chaffee County sheriff’s deputies arrested for domestic violence, attempted murder Colorado News | Colorado snow totals for Jan. 9, 2025 Colorado News | Why did federal agents seize — and then return — $5 million worth of switchblades from a Colorado man? Colorado News | Free Land Holders file rambling response to lawsuit seeking to bar group from seizing public lands in Colorado “The Salvation Army staff were delighted to find the coin and to learn that the giving tradition, which began in 1998, had continued,” a spokesperson for the Salvation Army said in a news release. “The nearly annual mysterious donation is dropped in a local Red Kettle during the weeks leading up to Christmas.” While the Krugerrand tradition lives on in Fort Collins, red kettle campaign donations to the Salvation Army were down throughout Colorado this year, the spokesperson said. Read more at Denver7.com. Get more Colorado news by signing up for our daily Your Morning Dozen email newsletter.