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Re:The Koh-i-Noor diamond, and why the British won’t give it... by armchairhacker on Thursday September 15, 2022 @06:18PM (#32859166)
Ideally it should be “bought” from the 3 countries and they should receive a sort of donation.

AFAIK they need money a lot more than Britain, and tangible food and resources are a lot more useful than a pretty diamond.

Though I kind of doubt this will happen…

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Re:The Koh-i-Noor diamond, and why the British won’t give it... by JumpCrisscross on Thursday September 15, 2022 @06:25PM (#32859237)
> they need money a lot more than Britain, and tangible food and resources are a lot more useful than a pretty diamond

This is the comment’s point. The benefits of a trade deal might measure up to the worth of this diamond in minutes.

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Re:The Koh-i-Noor diamond, and why the British won’t give it... by alephnerd on Thursday September 15, 2022 @06:30PM (#32859269)
The diamond is worth only $10-12 billion (edit: at most), which is a decent chunk of money, but only 0.25% of the Indian Federal Government's YEARLY budget or only 10% of the Pakistani Federal Government's YEARLY budget.

EDIT: apparently the diamond is worth even less - google fu has failed me yet again

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Re:The Koh-i-Noor diamond, and why the British won’t give it... by RajT88 on Thursday September 15, 2022 @06:37PM (#32859335)
There's no way it's worth that much.

Articles kicking around estimate at 140 - 400 million, with some "over a billion".

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Re:The Koh-i-Noor diamond, and why the British won’t give it... by alephnerd on Thursday September 15, 2022 @06:49PM (#32859462)
Makes sense! Looks like google fu failed me again!
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