Fungibility & Flexibility
As the only internationally recognized substitute currency, diamonds are valued equally in all countries of the world.
Worldwide Convertibility – because diamonds are the only internationally recognized substitute currency that is valued equally in all countries of the world. According to international standards, four characteristics, the “4 Cs,” are used for evaluation: CLARITY, COLOR, CUT, and CARAT. As the quality of a certificate is highly significant in the evaluation of a diamond, this is considered the “5th C”: CERTIFICATE and serves as an additional value-determining criterion.
Diamonds are extremely mobile, as a lot of wealth can be stored in a very small space – 5 carats weigh just 1 gram and correspond to a value of over 300,000 CHF.