Historians claim that the Florentine already cost $750,000 when the Medici lineage had it. So it didn’t really come as a surprise when a close friend of the Imperial family stole the diamond.
Although there are no solid proofs as to where the Florentine is, scholars speculate that the stone was recut, sold, and taken to the United States.
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