ORPINGTON: Undated 20p raises £265 for charity (From News Shopper)
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ORPINGTON: Undated 20p raises £265 for charity
2:35pm Monday 6th July 2009 in
A TWENTY pence piece proved to be a lot more valuable when it was dropped into a collection box.
Staff at Orpington-based charity Harris HospisCare spotted the coin when sorting through donations and put it on an internet auction site where it raised £265 for the charity.
It sparked a lot of interest because it is one of the around 200,000 20p coins which were produced without a date due to an error at the Royal Mint.
The charity’s fundraising manager Christine Davies said: “We were delighted to find the 20p in a collection box.
“[Raising £265] is almost unbelievable really and we were delighted to achieve that figure.”
The money raised will be used to help the charity care for patients in their homes.
Comments(2)
seg1
says...
4:28pm Mon 6 Jul 09
http://www.undated20
p.blogspot.com/
Hope he gets a good price too.
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The 20p coin went for £265 on an internet auction site
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mum2kids says...
3:53pm Mon 6 Jul 09
I hope all other shops check their boxes - low life thieves may be tempted to try to grab them otherwise in the hope of finding another one.