This 104.15 carat, pear-shaped diamond was cut from a 198.28 carat rough brown diamond supposedly found in South Africa in 1963. Julius Cohen, a New York City dealer, bought the rough stone and had it cut to reveal the diamond's rich golden-brown, chrysanthemum-like color.

In 1971, the Great Chrysanthemum diamond was exhibited at the Kimberly Centenary Exhibition in South Africa. It diamond also was shown in the Diamonds International Academy Collection at the Diamond Pavilion in Johanesburg in 1965. Recently, Julius Cohen sold the Great Chrysanthemum diamond to an undisclosed foreign buyer.