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Ornate red and ivory wall decoration, with plaque and symbols

A Magna Carta Coin – Pic of the Week

Posted by: Nathan Dorn

One of the keepsakes given at the Library of Congress’s pre-inaugural black-tie gala for the ongoing Magna Carta exhibition was the commemorative coin depicted below. The coin’s obverse shows the name of the exhibition, Magna Carta: Muse and Mentor. Its reverse shows a reproduction of a medallion that appears on the title page of a 1774 imprint of …