2010 Canadian .25-cent RED POPPY COLOURED QUARTER: 'Year Of The Veteran'

This is for 1 (ONE) 2010 Canadian .25-cent quarter RED POPPY Coloured Quarter. As New Condition, direct from the Royal Canadian Mint, sealed in it's original plastic display-pack.

The poppy became a profound symbol of wartime remembrance in many countries shortly after WWI. The association of the poppy to those killed in the war, however, dates back to the Napoleonic wars in the 19th Century, during which time the red flower suddenly bloomed in war-torn fields where countless soldiers had died.

DID YOU KNOW? In 1915, Canadian doctor and soldier John McCrae recorded this phenomenon in his famous poem In Flanders Fields, immortalizing the symbol of the poppy. Today, people from all parts of Canada choose to display their collective reminiscence and remember the sacrifices of fallen heroes by wearing a poppy on Remembrance Day.