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. :-)

I dunno, an 1880 silver dollar could be anywhere from $15 to $35,000...
although I doubt one that's been under a mast step is mint...

I'd put it back, it's obviously good luck.

BTW did you hear the one about the Scottish vessel that they unstepped
the mast and found an IOU?

DSK