Not only put it back, but add your own contribution.
A modern coin with real metallic value would not
go amiss alongside the original coin. Don't try
to slip by one of these "sandwich" coins being used
by most modern mints. Go to a coin store and buy
some nice (but not necessarily rare) gold or
silver coin for your own contribution to the luck
of the vessel.

I have heard of boats with 3 or 4 coins beneath
the main mast, added as the years and owners
go by.

--Pete "Peter W. Meek"
Rec.boats caps and burgees at:
http://www.msen.com/~pwmeek/cap-main.html



On Wed, 29 Sep 2004 23:44:03 -0400, "Glenn Ashmore"
wrote:

Put it back. That is Charon's fee for carrying you across the River Styx to
Hades after your boat sinks. On second thought, better replace it with a
Visa card. A silver dollar won't even get you from Seattle to Bremerton
these days. :-)

"engsol" wrote in message
.. .
As frequent readers know, I just bought my first "real" boat,
a Yankee 30 Mk 3.
Today, while getting the opinion of a boat yard guy re an
engine issue, I poked around the keel stepped mast step,
(really grungy), and found a washer....or at least I thought it
was a washer. I took it home and washed it off. Turned out
it was a silver dollar. 1880 Liberty.
My question to all my friends here is: should I replace the
original coin when I re-step the mast? Or should (can) I use
a more modern coin?
Norm B