10 Dollars - Charles III Argonath

Niue has long operated as one of the more commercially aggressive issuers of legal-tender collector coinage, licensing pop-culture and entertainment properties under agreements that let foreign mints produce pieces with nominal Niue face values. This particular issue draws on intellectual property owned by the Tolkien Estate and Warner Bros., a licensing relationship that has generated dozens of silver issues over the past decade targeting the collector and fantasy-fan crossover market.

New Zealand manages Niue's currency affairs under a 1974 arrangement — meaning a self-governing Pacific island nation of roughly 1,500 people is the nominal issuer of a coin most buyers will never bring within 2,500 kilometers of it.