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1 Dollar - Elizabeth II Order of St. George Egg
| Issuer | Government of Niue |
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| Year | 2012 |
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| Value | 1 Dollar |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | The reverse depicts a faithful artistic rendition of the Imperial Fabergé Order of St. George Egg of 1916, the final Imperial Easter Egg commissioned during the reign of Tsar Nicholas II. The design reproduces the egg's characteristic austere silver surface, adorned with the insignia of the Order of St. George — crossed swords, a decorative basket of flowers, and military cartouches — rendered in finely detailed high relief against a polished proof field. Unlike earlier opulent Imperial Eggs encrusted with precious stones, this egg was deliberately executed in plain silver as a gesture of wartime restraint, and the coin design faithfully captures this solemn elegance. The legend IMPERIAL FABERGÉ EGGS appears in the lower field of the reverse. |
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Niue has operated as a bullion and collector coin platform for foreign mints since the 1990s, licensing its sovereignty to produce issues that have no practical circulation life whatsoever. This piece is part of a Fabergé-themed egg series, trading on the Imperial Russian aesthetic without any direct historical commission — the Order of St. George egg was among the last Fabergé eggs presented by Tsar Nicholas II, given to his mother Maria Feodorovna in 1916, the year before the dynasty collapsed.
The embedded Swarovski crystal is a production element sourced from Austria, assembled after striking.