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725-year-old Magna Carta found after 80 years at Harvard, bought for $27 as a fake
A Magna Carta document, long thought to be an unofficial copy, has been confirmed as an original version dating back to 1300.
Harvard Discovers $27 Magna Carta ‘Copy’ Is A 700-Year-Old Original Worth Tens Of Millions
The Magna Carta was a landmark legal document responsible for shifting the balance of power away from the kings who had spent ...
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Harvard Bought This Stained Copy of the Magna Carta for $27.50. It Turned Out to Be an Original
Issued by Edward I in 1300, this version of the historic text is one of only seven known surviving copies. It's been hiding ...
Harvard thought it had a cheap copy of the Magna Carta. It turned out to be extremely rare
The original Magna Carta established in 1215 the principle that the king is subject to law. It formed the basis of ...
An original Magna Carta, at Harvard, in 2025 — what timing
The discovery is a reminder of the principles of governance that have guided this nation for nearly 250 years.
A Historian Pulled an Old Document Out of Storage—and Discovered an Original Magna Carta
An original version of the Magna Carta —considered one of the most important documents in all of history—was sitting ...
Magna Carta ‘copy’ bought for $27.50 now believed to be genuine
The Harvard Magna Carta is thought to have been issued to the former parliamentary borough of Appleby in Westmorland, England ...
Harvard Bought a Copy of the Magna Carta for $27. It Could Be Worth Millions
Harvard Law School recently discovered a treasure that had been hiding in its library for decade. Two British academics say ...
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Harvard’s Magna Carta Copy Believed to be Fake Turns Out an Original!
David Carpenter, a professor of medieval history at King's College London, was browsing Harvard Law School Library's online collections in December 2023 when he stumbled on something odd: a manuscript ...
Harvard bought a copy of the Magna Carta for $27.50. It's actually rare and likely worth millions.
The Harvard Law School library bought a copy of the Magna Carta in 1946 for $27.50. It's now likely worth millions of dollars.
Cut-price Magna Carta 'copy' now believed genuine and worth at least £10 MILLION
A manuscript of the Magna Carta, known as HLS MS 172, which was believed to have been a copy made of the infamous document ...