10 Dollars - Charles III Captain America's Shield

Marvel licensing agreements with sovereign mints have proliferated since the early 2010s, but Niue's arrangement with the New Zealand Mint is among the longest-running and most commercially aggressive, producing dozens of pop-culture issues annually under the authority of a Pacific island nation with a permanent population under 2,000. The switch from Elizabeth II to Charles III on the obverse of this 2023 issue reflects the mid-production transition that followed her death in September 2022 — making early and late strikings of the same licensed designs distinguishable by effigy alone.