1 Dollar - Elizabeth II Caucasus Egg, Niue

The Caucasus Egg is a jewelled enameled Easter egg made by Michael Perkhin under the supervision of the Russian jeweller Peter Carl Faberg in 1893. The egg was made for Alexander III of Russia, who presented it to his wife, the Empress Maria Feodorovna. Currently the egg is a long term installation at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City, New York, as part of the Matilda Geddings Gray Foundation.

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Open „Spring Flowers Egg” (1899-1903) with a miniature basket and a bouquet of anemones with the Effigy of HM Queen Elizabeth II above

Ian Rank-Broadley

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