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Boston museum lifts the lid from the oldest time capsule in the U.S.



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The Museum of Fine Arts in Boston made history on Tuesday when it opened the oldest time capsule ever uncovered in the United States.


The capsule, which was buried by Samuel Adams and Paul Revere in 1795, contained at least 24 coins, five newspapers, business cards, a title page from the Massachusetts colony records, a silver plaque inscribed by Revere, a copper medal depicting George Washington and a paper impression of the Seal of the Commonwealth



The 24 silver and copper coins found in the 10-pound brass capsule date from 1652 to 1855 Read more...


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