Niue has long used its treaty relationship with New Zealand — and the legal cover that provides for issuing currency — to produce licensed collector coins bearing intellectual property it has no organic connection to. This Marvel series, of which the Spider-Man issue is one installment, was produced by the New Zealand Mint under that arrangement. These pieces never circulated on the island and were sold directly into the collector market.
Niue has long used its treaty relationship with New Zealand — and the legal cover that provides for issuing currency — to produce licensed collector coins bearing intellectual property it has no organic connection to. This Marvel series, of which the Spider-Man issue is one installment, was produced by the New Zealand Mint under that arrangement. These pieces never circulated on the island and were sold directly into the collector market.