LONDON — A town council in England got quite a surprise when it discovered a highly valuable early edition of the Magna Carta in a scrapbook
The discovery was made in a Victorian scrapbook by Kent County Council after an archivist set out to find an entirely different charter
Even though a third of the document is missing and it's ripped, the edition is still estimated to be worth up to £10 million ($15 million)
The Magna Carta or Great Charter is a document from 1215 that was signed between King John and rebel barons. It was the first document that stated that everyone, including the king, was subject to the law Read more...
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