Niue's licensing-based commemorative program has made the island one of the more prolific issuers of themed legal-tender coinage in the Pacific, operating under an arrangement with New Zealand that allows it to issue coins bearing the New Zealand monarch as head of state. Alexa Grasso, the Mexican mixed martial artist who upset Valentina Shevchenko for the UFC flyweight title in March 2023, is the subject here — her reign as champion beginning just months before this coin's issue date.
Niue's licensing-based commemorative program has made the island one of the more prolific issuers of themed legal-tender coinage in the Pacific, operating under an arrangement with New Zealand that allows it to issue coins bearing the New Zealand monarch as head of state. Alexa Grasso, the Mexican mixed martial artist who upset Valentina Shevchenko for the UFC flyweight title in March 2023, is the subject here — her reign as champion beginning just months before this coin's issue date.