1 Dollar - Elizabeth II Kokoda Track

Niue has functioned for decades as a licensing vehicle for commemorative issues with no organic connection to the island itself. This piece marks the 75th anniversary of the Kokoda Track campaign, the grueling 1942 jungle fighting in Papua New Guinea where Australian forces — many of them poorly equipped militia — halted the Japanese advance toward Port Moresby across the Owen Stanley Range. Silver-plated copper-nickel rather than solid silver keeps it squarely in souvenir territory, a distinction that matters to anyone buying it as a collectible rather than a piece of bullion.