Oh No! We Missed It!

how did that happen?

with Diana's birthday coming up I was looking for something special, the Martian Pink at 12.04-carats is the largest pink diamond ever to come to auction, so that would have been fine, but to be fair it went for over double its original estimate when it went under the hammer for $17.4m (£11.1m) through auction house Christie's, so it was a bit over the top, then there is the cost of the ring mount for it, another $10 or so, that would have been the deal breaker, the Martian Pink diamond was previously owned by a private collector, and was given its name by American jeweller Ronald Winston in 1976, the year America launched its first satellite mission to Mars,

but all is not lost, The East India Company has released 60 minted gold coins, one for each year of Queen Elizabeth II's reign, encrusted with diamonds to celebrate the royal milestone they are a mere £125,000 each, they feature the head of the Queen wearing a diamond tiara, necklace and brooch with the words 'Elizabeth Regina, Diamond Jubilee 1952-2012' around the outside, they have also released 60 silver coins of the same design and weight but at a 'cheaper' price of £25,000 each, I wonder if like stamps I should buy Diana the complete 60 year set!