Currency Hard to Come By

Think these coins will ever make a comeback? As children on Sullivan’s Island, we used to stand shoulder-deep in the surf, probe the bottom with our feet, and somehow manage to pick up sand dollars with our toes.

Of course, the only value they had was as skipping rocks. Nothing glided so smoothly or effortlessly across the waves as they did.

Some months ago, while strolling on Folly Beach, I chanced upon one of these now rare jewels (fully intact). It sits motionless on a table at home, dry and white. But it gives me a special joy each time I look at it. The joy of timeless days at the beach, in the surf, heedless of the sun. A priceless currency, for sure. •