1 Dollar - Charles III Pinocchio

Niue has operated a prolific bullion and collector coin licensing program since the 1990s, contracting with the New Zealand Mint to produce themed legal tender issues that have no practical circulation use. The country's GDP is small enough that licensing fees from these programs constitute a meaningful revenue stream.

The pairing of a British monarch's effigy with a Disney-licensed character reflects an arrangement unique to a handful of Pacific island nations whose currency ties to larger Commonwealth economies give them the legal standing to issue coins while having essentially no domestic monetary infrastructure of their own.