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2 Dollars - Elizabeth II Feodorovskaya Mother of God

Issuer Niue
Year 2014
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Composition Silver (.999)
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Obverse script Latin
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Edge Plain
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The Feodorovskaya icon holds a specific place in Romanov dynastic tradition: it served as the dynastic icon of the House of Romanov, and by convention, German princesses who married into the family took "Feodorovna" as their patronymic upon converting to Russian Orthodoxy. The icon itself is housed in Kostroma and dates to at least the 13th century, though its origins remain disputed among art historians.

Niue's bullion and collector silver program, administered largely through foreign licensing arrangements, has issued dozens of religious icon pieces in this format since the early 2010s. The underlying one-troy-ounce .999 fine silver specification places this squarely within that commercial series rather than any domestic monetary need — Niue's GDP would not justify independent minting infrastructure.

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