"Copy" Of Magna Carta Bought For $27.50 Turns Out To Be A 1300 CE Original
A " copy " of Magna Carta bought for under $ 30 has been found to be a actual surviving artifact from 1300 CE by British historians who happened upon it . In 1946 , the Harvard Law School Library spent $ 27.50 ( around$440 in today ’s money ) on a text file know as " HLS MS 172 " . According to the auction catalogue where the holograph was purchased , the item was a " copy " of Magna Carta made in 1327 CE and was " fairly rubbed and damp - stained " ....