2012 $2 Remembrance Day 'Red Poppy' PNC PNCs - International 122 to 109 million years

122 to 109 million years ago

The deeds performed by Australian and New Zealand troops on Gallipoli fostered a legend still alive today

The motto for the London Olympic Games is Live as one

Australia's early colonial economy

and this species is now protected in all Australian state and territorial waters and in many places around the world

2012 $2 Remembrance Day 'Red Poppy' PNC PNCs - International 122 to 109 million yearsSince the devastating years of the Great War, the red poppy (Papaver rhoeas) has become a vivid and resonant symbol for remembrance. This humble plant thrives in disturbed soils, and so it flowered in spring across the war ravaged landscape of the Western Front. While the flourishing of a bloom suggests renewal of life, for soldiers the vermilion red petals symbolised the blood of fellow soldiers spilt on the Western Front, a symbol popularised by the