The Czech Lion series, struck for Niue by the Czech Mint in Jablonec nad Nisou, has become one of the more commercially successful bullion programs to emerge from Central Europe in the past decade — an unusual arrangement in which a landlocked Czech manufacturer uses a Pacific island's issuing authority to distribute internationally tradeable legal tender. The 2025 issue continues this structure unchanged.
The Czech Lion series, struck for Niue by the Czech Mint in Jablonec nad Nisou, has become one of the more commercially successful bullion programs to emerge from Central Europe in the past decade — an unusual arrangement in which a landlocked Czech manufacturer uses a Pacific island's issuing authority to distribute internationally tradeable legal tender. The 2025 issue continues this structure unchanged.