Niue's numismatic program has long operated as a revenue-generating exercise for the island territory, licensing pop-culture imagery through New Zealand's minting infrastructure. The Pikachu-themed issues of the early 2000s were produced under licensing arrangements with Nintendo and targeted almost exclusively at collectors in Japan and Southeast Asia, where Pokémon merchandise demand remained intense following the franchise's late-1990s peak.
Virtually none circulated. At 3.11g of .9999 gold, the bullion value alone ensured that.
Niue's numismatic program has long operated as a revenue-generating exercise for the island territory, licensing pop-culture imagery through New Zealand's minting infrastructure. The Pikachu-themed issues of the early 2000s were produced under licensing arrangements with Nintendo and targeted almost exclusively at collectors in Japan and Southeast Asia, where Pokémon merchandise demand remained intense following the franchise's late-1990s peak.
Virtually none circulated. At 3.11g of .9999 gold, the bullion value alone ensured that.