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

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

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

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 flower 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, and those still serving this country today, by wearing a poppy on Remembrance Day.