2 Dollars - Elizabeth II Posthumous, Year of the Rabbit

Niue's coin program is a licensing arrangement — the island's $2 face value is nominal, the actual market is collectibles, and the Royal Mint of New Zealand or external private mints do the physical work. The Year of the Rabbit places this issue in the first lunar cycle series produced after Elizabeth II's death in September 2022, making posthumous portrait use essentially automatic given production lead times already in motion.

The KM#5840 reference suggests a Krause cataloging relatively prompt for a 2023 issue — the Niue lunar series has been assigned numbers quickly given consistent annual demand.