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Magna Carta 'copy' miscatalogued in 1940s found to be original

An issue of the Magna Carta, which was wrongly catalogued as a copy in the 1940s, has been identified as original.

Harvard Law School Library bought what it thought was a stained and faded copy of the document from London book dealers Sweet & Maxwell in 1946 for 27 dollars and 50 cents.

The book dealers had acquired it at a Sotheby's auction a month earlier from a First World War pilot for £42. It was wrongly dated as being made in 1327 under King Edward III.

But two researchers have now found that the "copy" is a rare original from 1300 issued by King Edward I and is worth millions of dollars, although Harvard does not intend to sell it.
https://news.sky.com/story/magna-car...ginal-13368078