1 Dollar - Elizabeth II Cougar vs. Bear

Niue has operated as a coin-issuing jurisdiction for international collectors since the 1980s under a licensing arrangement that allows the New Zealand dependency to generate revenue through legal tender numismatic products — coins that will never circulate on the island's roughly 1,500-person population. The KM#4794 is one entry in a recurring wildlife conflict series, a format that sells reliably in the modern bullion-collector market.

Nothing about this issue's production or minting history distinguishes it from dozens of comparable Niue silver dollar releases of the same period.