100 Dollars - Elizabeth II Powerful Owl

Niue's arrangement with the New Zealand Mint has made it one of the more prolific issuing authorities for commemorative bullion over the past two decades — a legal quirk that lets a territory of roughly 1,600 people appear on the obverse of high-value gold coinage. The Powerful Owl (Ninox strenua), Australia's largest owl by body mass, is listed as vulnerable under Australian federal law, and its inclusion here aligns with a broader run of wildlife-themed issues from this mint partnership targeting collector-investor crossover buyers.