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The artifacts buried at the massachusetts state house and inside the box, silver and copper coins, unengraved silver plate, newspaper. it took officials 4 to 5 hours to initially loosen the screws. it was a water leak at the state house. sebastian clark, an appraiser on pbs. this makes my skin tingle its so exciting. imagining the history coming alive. so lets start with whats in it overall. youve got coins. we have a half cent coin one dime three cent oin all dated 1775 and a shilling daylighte...

How about this? a time capsule was opened in boston nearly 200 years after it was buried by sam adams and paul revere way back in 1795. the capsule was removed from the state house corner stone, inside a newspaper, title page of colony records, at least 25 coins dating back as far as 1652. and an inscribed silver plate that may have been made by paul revere himself. the historical items will be on public display for a while but the time capsule will be eventually placed back in the building with...

With the capsule in boston where it was open. malcolm, it was incredible to imagine this was sitting there all this time. i know you x-rayed the box beforehand. you had an idea what might be in it. did you have an idea it would be like the opening of al capones vault on tv when really there was nothing in there? >> in truth, we knew a little bit of what was in the box. it was a moment of extraordinary excitement this brass container just the size of a cigar box was slowly opened with surgical pr...

Together in 1975 -- 1795. 5 different folded newspapers. 24 coins. one of them stretching inging as far back as 1962 and perhaps the thing most significant to a lot of people. this silver plate. if you are able to look closely, you will see the names samuel adams and paul revere -- they placed it under a corner stone and the contents were found in 1855 and the decision was made to remove it all, and conserve it and put it in a brass box, that was made for the occasion. the lid of the box was ins...

They put them in the capsule. >> the 17th century coin is maybe a $5,000 or $6,000 coin. the value increases tenfold. >> tenfold. >> i could only imagine. >> 50,000, $60,000. >> easily. >> paul revere was a silversmith. we know that. there is an engraved silver plate in here. it says ill read the quote for everybody, the cornerstone of this building when it was found, intended for the use of legislative and executive branch of the commonwealth of massachusetts laid by exlen si samuel adams, by t...

Spread to teams in minnesota and new york and new jersey. a 219-year-old time capsule unearthed at the statehouse in massachusetts. it will be opened next week. the capsule is believed to have a collection of silver and copper coins dating back to the 1650s. engraved silver plate and newspapers and the seal of the commonwealth. it was buried in 1795 by governor samuel adams and paul revere and william skulley. it was unearthed in 1855 and reburied with more items. officials are not sure if the...

State house, and then removed in a painstaking process. officials plan to reveal the contents next week, its believed to contain a collection of coins, an engraved silver plate, newspapers, perhaps about paul reveres ride, who knows. and other artifacts. and well certainly follow up on that. that is something else. in cairo, one man wanted to put a smile on peoples faces, so he put on a spiderman costume. his photo series has taken the internet by storm. the man behind the mask, about his secr...

Well, in the u.s. state of florida, the search is on for a pablo picasso piece stolen from a miami art fair, the work is valued at $85,000. more on this heist. >> reporter: it is called the face with hands. the silver plate is a pablo picasso creation, one of a set of 20 made by the spanish master, it was sotolen in mid-town in miami. >> it is bad, they shouldnt do that. >> reporter: david smith, the owner of the gallery in which the piece belongs to said it was discovered missing this morning.

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