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Works Cited

  • http://www.gemewizard.com/gemstones_colors.php
  • http://www.onlygold.com/Info/value-of-gold.asp
  • The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas

The Sections: Part 1

The first section was described to be completely filled with shiny gold coins, and when I looked up the price of a solid gold coin in that time, it was worth $62.27 in US dollars. I estimated about 25,000 coins could fit into that section.

The Sections: Part 2

The second compartment was said to have "gold ingots" which Google defined as a term for a gold bar. I said about 12 could fit in there, each valuing about $41,390 for each bar.

Caderousse's Diamond

Gem Prices

In the book, the diamond is said to be worth 50,000 francs. In US dollars, that's $54,945. For only that one diamond.

(About 681 of each gem)

Pearls- $1500

Diamonds $54,945

Emeralds- $9,480

Rubies- $5,350

Sapphires- $2510

Peridot- $56

Opal- $3,862

Aquamarine-$312

Amythest- $27.30

Garnet- $500

Tourmaline- $2,630

Let's Add It Up

Introduction

Coins- $1,556,750

Ingots- $496,680

Pearls- $1,021,500

Diamonds- $37,417,545

Emeralds- $6,701,040

Rubies-$3,643,350

Sapphires- $1,709,310

Peridot- $38,136

Opal- $2,630,022

Aquamarine- $212,472

Amythest- $18,591

Garnet- $340,500

Tourmaline- $1,791,030

= ~ $57,576,926

The Treasure Chest

The Sections: Part 3

We all read about the Count of Monte Cristo's riches and how many "francs" some of them were worth, but I don't think we all understand how much he actually inherited.

In the book, the chest is described as 2 feet wide and 3 feet long, and on the inside, it's sectioned into 3 parts. Each compartment was a foot by 2 feet big.

The third section was said to be half full of precious gems. Since each gem is small in size, I estimated about 7,500 gems to fit in there. (gem prices on next slide)

The Count of Monte Cristo's Treasure: What's it Worth?

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