Rare and authentic Magna Carta discovered long after it was purchased for $27.50

Rare and authentic Magna Carta discovered long after it was purchased for $27.50

Document bought for $27.50 in 1946 joins only six other known originals of the historic charter

A "copy" of the Magna Carta, purchased by Harvard Law School in 1946, has been authenticated. (Lorin Granger, Harvard Law School)

British researchers have authenticated a copy of the Magna Carta at Harvard Law School in Boston. (Lorin Granger, Harvard Law School)

There are only six other known Magna Carta originals. (Lorin Granger, Harvard Law School)