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The Hunt for the Missing Hawaiian Crown Jewels

Lost Masterpieces

A military coup in 1893 spelled the end of the Hawaiian monarchy. When the island’s new rulers surveyed the royal bounty, they discovered that the former king’s crown was missing.

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