The E-Sylum:  Volume 8, Number 25, June 19, 2005, Article 9

CORNERSTONE 1867 PROOF SET AUCTIONED

The June 2005 Drew St. John sale by American Numismatic
Rarities includes "A rare and impressive property, an intact
1867 Proof set in copper, nickel, and silver that was preserved
in a cornerstone in a small town in southeastern Massachusetts
from September 1867 until the 1960s." (See lot 396).
I believe I read in another ANR publication that the building
was a library. Can anyone tell us more about this set?
Is there a contemporary account of the placement of the
cornerstone? Where were the coins from the 1960s until now?

  Wayne Homren, Editor

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