2023 TSAREVICH FABERGE EGG, 4th Issue of the Series; 2 oz Proof Quality UHR Silver Coin; 1000 Togrog Mongolia

Description

Metal                    Silver

Purity                   0.999

Weight                 62,2 g (2 Troy oz)

Diameter              38.61 mm

Attributes             Proof, Ultra-High Relief (Smartminting)

Mintage                888

Packaging             Presentation frame and CoA

This exquisite coin is the newest entrant of the series that celebrates another exceptional piece of Peter Carl Fabergé’s craftsmanship with this lost and rediscovered treasure – the Tsarevich Egg. The original piece is made of blue lapis lazuli adorned with gold and diamonds. Inside lies a double-headed imperial eagle holding a portrait of Alexei Nikolaevich, the seven-year-old son of Tsar Nicholas II and Tsarina Alexandra Feodorovna. The imperial egg was crafted in 1912 and presented as a gift to Alexei’s mother after his miraculous recovery from severe illness. It is currently displayed in the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts in Richmond, US.

A Fabergé egg is a jeweled egg created by the jeweler firm House of Fabergé, in Saint Petersburg, Russian Empire. Possibly as many as 69 were created, of which 57 survive today. Virtually all were manufactured under the supervision of Peter Carl Fabergé between 1885 and 1917. The most famous are his 52 “Imperial” eggs, 46 of which survive, made for the Russian Tsars Alexander III and Nicholas II as Easter gifts for their wives and mothers.