U.S. 1795 Time Capsule opend

acloco

Anybody know more info? Obvious numismatic items were in the capsule.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/video/science/scientists-open-oldest-us-time-capsule-dating-back-to-1795/vi-BB142gPS?ocid=PerDHP

RedstoneCoins

Cool!

ms70

A message from 'His Excellency' Sam Adams and 'The Most Worshipful' Paul Revere to the 21st Century: Time capsule buried by the real 'Sons of Liberty' opened after 220 years

Capsule was buried by war figures Paul Revere, Samuel Adams and William Scollay in 1795
Was placed under a cornerstone of the State House in Massachusetts
Only discovered last month during repairs for a water leak
Inside were five newspapers and a coin collection
Also a copper medal showing George Washington and some cards
A silver plate had been personally engraved with a message from Revere
Items will be put on display at the museum and then placed back in the ground

They were the foot soldiers of the American Revolution, and are set to be at the center of new History channel miniseries Sons of Liberty.

And on Tuesday night a time capsule buried by war figures Paul Revere, Samuel Adams and William Scollay in 1795 was opened up, some 220 years after it was first put in the ground.

Officials at Boston's Museum of Fine Arts spent hours pouring through the 10-pound, corroded copper box and the artifacts inside.

Among the finds were five folded newspapers and at least 24 coins - dating from 1652 to 1855 - including half-cent, one-cent, half-dime, 10-cent and 25-cent coins.

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Good pictures on the website:

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2899859/Scientists-spend-hours-opening-oldest-time-capsule-buried-real-Sons-Liberty-Paul-Revere-Samuel-Adams-1795.html

ms70

TommyType

@ms70 said:
Among the finds were five folded newspapers and at least 24 coins - dating from 1652 to 1855 - including half-cent, one-cent, half-dime, 10-cent and 25-cent coins.

So....Is the 1855 date a typo? Or was the box opened in 1855, and coins added to it?

yosclimber

I remember this.
Note the date on the article - January 2015.
The box has been opened a few times and coins were added at those times.

Threads from January 2015:
https://forums.collectors.com/discussion/934757/1795-sam-adams-paul-revere-time-capsule-to-be-opened-today
https://forums.collectors.com/discussion/935905/boston-capsule-cent

Bochiman

Yep...what Yosclimber said...

I saw the thing pop up on my newsmedia earlier today....I thought "cool" and then I opened one of the articles... FIVE flippin' years old. WTH was it showing up as if it were "new" now?

Read the article and they had already opened it once, in 1855, and added "contemporary items" and then put it back. That's why you saw the 1855 in there....

winesteven

@yosclimber said:
I remember this.

Wow, I didn’t know you were SO OLD!!!😆

Jimnight

Nice!

yosclimber

@winesteven said:

@yosclimber said:

I remember this.
Wow, I didn’t know you were SO OLD!!!😆

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GQxM5rJ-uiY

ricko

It is amazing how well the newspapers held up. Certainly a historical treasure, given who first assembled it and the contents....Even though it had been opened again some sixty years later. These old time capsules are so interesting. Not sure if it is done much anymore - it should be. Cheers, RickO

ms70

@yosclimber said:
I remember this.
Note the date on the article - January 2015.
The box has been opened a few times and coins were added at those times.

Threads from January 2015:
https://forums.collectors.com/discussion/934757/1795-sam-adams-paul-revere-time-capsule-to-be-opened-today
https://forums.collectors.com/discussion/935905/boston-capsule-cent

You know, I thought this sounded familiar but I wrongly assumed it was a different event since it's presently in the news. I guess it's in the news now as it's going to part of a mini-series?

SaorAlba

Couldn't help but think of this time capsule disaster opened in 2007:

CaptHenway

@yosclimber said:

@winesteven said:

@yosclimber said:

I remember this.
Wow, I didn’t know you were SO OLD!!!😆

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GQxM5rJ-uiY

Watched this just now with my wife. One of our favorite scenes from all of moviedom.

The movie itself is now horribly creepy, about a rich guy setting up a young girl as his sex toy, but Hollywood was very big on that premise in the 1950's.

1630Boston

@acloco said:
Anybody know more info? Obvious numismatic items were in the capsule.

https://youtu.be/LqyhtIC-eWk

Timbuk3

Amazing find !!!

carabonnair

Is there a further numismatic write-up in the last 5 years? I would be interested to see better pictures or learn the varieties of the 1794-1795 coins especially.