Niue has operated as a prolific bullion and novelty program since the late 1990s, licensing its coinage authority to private minting operations — primarily the Bavarian firm B.H. Mayer's Kunstprägeanstalt — that produce limited collector pieces sold at significant premiums over spot. The Tiger-Eye cabochons are sourced from quartz deposits most commonly mined in South Africa and Namibia.
Niue has operated as a prolific bullion and novelty program since the late 1990s, licensing its coinage authority to private minting operations — primarily the Bavarian firm B.H. Mayer's Kunstprägeanstalt — that produce limited collector pieces sold at significant premiums over spot. The Tiger-Eye cabochons are sourced from quartz deposits most commonly mined in South Africa and Namibia.