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(BPL) Gold coins added to list of missing library loot
http://www.bostonherald.com/news_opinion/local_coverage/2015/05/gold_coins_added_to_list_of_missing_library_loot
LAX SECURITY RIPPED: Boston Public Library President Amy Ryan, above, has come under fire after reports of losing valuable pieces from the collection at the Copley Square branch.
Gold coins added to list of missing library loot
Jack Encarnacao
Friday, May 29, 2015
A report of gold coins long missing from the Boston Public Library is now part of an expanding probe into the suspected theft of rare artwork at the Copley Square branch — a development Mayor Martin J. Walsh learned about only this week.
A retired library employee sent an email to the city May 22, urging investigators to look into valuable gold coins that went missing decades ago, according to a source close to the investigation.
“The mayor was made aware on Tuesday (by library brass). The mayor is very disappointed in yet another breach of security,” said Laura Oggeri, spokeswoman for Walsh.
The former employee, who was not identified, said the coins were placed in the original cornerstone of the library’s iconic McKim Building, BPL spokeswoman Melina Schuler said in a statement.
