"Cut-price Magna Carta 'copy' now believed genuine" -Bought for $27.50 in 1946-

[EX500rider]

A manuscript once considered an unofficial copy of Magna Carta is now believed to be a genuine version and ''one of the world's most valuable documents'', according to UK academics.

Harvard Law School paid $27.50 (then about £7) for it in 1946 and for years it has remained tucked away in its library, its true identity unknown.

But two medieval history professors have concluded it is an extraordinarily rare and lost original Magna Carta from 1300, in the reign of King Edward I, that could be worth millions.

As for its value today, Prof Vincent said: "I would hesitate to suggest a figure, but the 1297 Magna Carta that sold at auction in New York in 2007 fetched $21m [about £10.5m at the time], so we're talking about a very large sum of money."

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cm23zjknre7o

That sure beats most "Antiques Roadshow" episodes! lol

[Ocelot II]

1. And how appropriate is it that Harvard Law School owns it?

Some interesting if inadvertent symbolism here...