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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;rev1774, post: 2269724, member: 32001&quot;]I went to visit the re-opened Washington Monument in Mount Vernon square today. It was quite a nice visit as they have some really good educational presentations along with some film of the work they undertook for the restoration.</p><p>One piece of video showed the removal of the original corner stone laid in 1815 and what was found inside the center of the stone. There was a time capsule inside the corner stone. There were coins, a newspaper, a few books and such. </p><p>The coins ranged from half cents thru gold coins. Most of the silver was pretty dark and could use a nice bath.. same with the copper...They weren&#039;t coroded or anything just hard to make out. </p><p>The dollar dated from 1799 and most of the silver and copper was from 1801 thru 1811.</p><p>The real winners were the gold coins.</p><p><br /></p><p>2.50 1807, 5.00 1802 and a 10.00 dated 1801... The 2.50 had a mintage of just over 6800 total pieces... </p><p>These were the best shots I could get.. and of the obverse only sorry to say....</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]452067[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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