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Harvard paid $27 for a Magna Carta copy in 1946. It’s actually an original.
In 1946, Harvard Law School purchased an early copy of the Magna Carta for $27.50. Even adjusting to about $451 in today’s ...
Harvard’s $27.50 ‘copy’ of Magna Carta revealed to be original worth millions
Tucked among a trove of medieval documents was Harvard Law School Manuscript 172, identified as a copy of the Magna Carta ...
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"Copy" Of Magna Carta Bought For $27.50 Turns Out To Be A 1300 CE Original
"David pinged me through an email saying, have a look at this. What do you think it is?" Professor Nicholas Vincent, said.
Cut-price Magna Carta 'copy' now believed genuine
A manuscript once considered an unofficial copy of Magna Carta is now believed to be a genuine version and ''one of the world ...
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725-year-old Magna Carta found after 80 years at Harvard, bought for $27 as a fake
According to Harvard’s library records, the document was bought in 1946 for just $27.50. Before that, an RAF veteran had sold ...
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Harvard's 'unofficial' Magna Carta copy is actually an original: Experts
A Magna Carta, previously considered an unofficial copy at Harvard for almost 80 years, has been verified as an original from ...
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Magna Carta 'copy' wrongly catalogued in 1940s found to be original
A rare, centuries-old original Magna Carta has been rediscovered after being mistakenly catalogued as a copy during a 1940s ...
Harvard's $27 manuscript identified as rare Magna Carta original
Given that a 1297 version of the Magna Carta sold at auction in 2007 for $21.3 million, the potential value of Harvard's ...
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Cut-price Magna Carta 'copy' now believed genuine
Magna Carta is a charter first issued by King John ... The identity of the text was "the crucial proof", explained Prof Carpenter. Congratulating the academics for their discovery, Amanda Watson ...