THE CROWN JEWELS
It is impossible to estimate with any degree of accuracy the value of the English Crown Jewels, for the ordinary rules of valuation break down when applied to great diamonds and other precious stones of phenomenal size. But a recent writer ventures the opinion that "it would not be an exaggeration to state that £5,000,000 would not buy the whole collection." The stones, which were cut from the great Cullinan diamond, have been said to be worth £1,000,000; the Koh-i-noor has been valued at £140,000. and the Black Prince's ruby at £IIO,OOO. The Imperial crown of India cost £70,000 in 1911; the diadem of Queen Mary of Modena cost, it is said, £IIO,OOO to inaka, and the jewelled sword cost £l>ooo in 1823.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 22709, 23 October 1935, Page 18
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126THE CROWN JEWELS Otago Daily Times, Issue 22709, 23 October 1935, Page 18
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