1 Dollar - Elizabeth II Wilbur and Orville Wright

Niue has issued commemorative dollars under licensing agreements since the 1990s, functioning essentially as a revenue-generating program for the island territory rather than producing coins intended for domestic circulation. This Wright Brothers piece is part of that broader series of foreign-licensed issues struck at facilities well outside the Pacific.

The first powered flight at Kitty Hawk lasted 12 seconds and covered 120 feet — December 17, 1903. By the time the brothers filed their patent in 1906, their design had already been substantially improved over what actually flew that morning.