Salvation Army gets more than $1,000 in coins


August 8, 2010 at 12:00a.m.

Associated Press

CINCINNATI

An anonymous donor in Cincinnati gave the Salvation Army more than $1,000 — in coins.

The charity says the donor dropped off an oversized plastic Coca-Cola bottle filled with pocket change earlier this week.

It took workers several days to count all the coins, which totaled $1,092.06.

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