2012 $2 Remembrance Day 'Red Poppy' PNC PNCs - International Australia's early colonial economy

Australia's early colonial economy

but it was not until the Coinage Act of 1909 that the Government took steps to introduce distinctive Australian coins

and The Perth Mint's ‘P’ mintmark

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 Australia's early colonial economySince 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