It’s not every day that you find $4,800 on the sidewalk, but it’s even more rare for someone to return it to its rightful owner.

But that is exactly what Marcario “Mark” Panuil did.

A 20-year veteran at Bergen South Station Post Office in Jersey City, Panuil found $4,800 in crisp $100 bills in a wallet on the sidewalk while he was delivering mail on his daily route on Jan. 22, a day after one of the many snowstorms to pound Jersey City this winter.

Panuil said his first thought when he opened the wallet and saw the wad of cash was “I need to give it back to the owner.”

The wallet belonged to Rev. Rudolph Daniels Sr., a retired pastor of Claremont-Lafayette United Presbyterian Church in Jersey City.

Daniels’ prayers were answered that evening.

Daniels, who himself had worked for years for the postal service, returned home that evening to find a message waiting for him on his home phone from Bergen South Station Post Office. The next day, he walked into the post office and they handed him his wallet.

Jersey City mail carrier finds wad of cash, then its rightful owner