Niue 1 Dollar Silver Coin 2015 Fifteenth Anniversary egg - Faberge Eggs
Series: Imperial Fabergé Eggs
Obverse: At the bottom – open "Spring Flowers Egg" (1899-1903) with a miniature basket and a bouquet of anemones. Above the basket – the effigy of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II with an inscription: ELIZABETH II and the mint mark (m/w). Around – a decorative, neo-rococo ornament. Along the rim – the issuer’s name: NIUE ISLAND, the face value: 1 DOLLAR, the hallmark (Ag 925) and the year of issue – 2015.
Reverse: Depicts in color portions of the original 1911 Easter egg which commemorated the fifteenth anniversary of Tsar Nicholas II's rule. The shell is divided into eighteen panels, including sixteen miniatures surrounded by green enameled leafage.
Country: Niue Island.
Year of Issue: 2012.
Metal: Silver.
Silver Fineness: Ag 925/1000.
Content: 0.54 Troy OZ.
Denomination: 1 NZD - legal tender in New Zealand.
Weight: 16.81 g.
Diameter: Ellipse 39 x 29.20 mm.
Quality: Proof.
Mintage: 1999.
Exterior Decoration: Zircons and Elements in Polished Finish.
Producer: Mint of Poland (Mennica Polska).
Series: Imperial Fabergé Eggs
Faberge Egg 1911 Fifteenth anniversary of Tsar Nicholas II's rule
Fifteenth Anniversary egg - Faberge Eggs
The Fifteenth Anniversary egg (also known as the Love Trophies egg) is an Imperial Fabergé egg, one of a series of fifty-four jewelled enameled Easter eggs made under the supervision of Peter Carl Fabergé for the Russian Imperial family.
It was an Easter 1911 gift for Tsaritsa Alexandra Feodorovna from her husband Tsar Nicholas II, who had a standing order of two Fabergé Easter eggs every year, one for his mother and one for his wife.
Its 1911 counterpart presented to the Dowager Empress is the Bay Tree egg.
Design
The egg is made of gold, green and white enamel, decorated with diamonds and rock crystal. The surface is divided into eighteen panels set with 16 miniatures.
The egg's design commemorates the fifteenth anniversary of the coronation of Nicholas II on 26 May 1896.
There is no "surprise" in the egg.
Provenance
It was owned by Malcolm Forbes in the Forbes Collection. Viktor Vekselberg purchased nine Imperial eggs, as part of the collection, for almost $100 million. The egg is now part of the Victor Vekselberg Collection, owned by The Link of Times Foundation and housed in the Fabergé Museum in Saint Petersburg, Russia.