2018 $1 Lest We Forget ANZAC Day Uncirculated Coin

Red poppies were among the first flowers to bloom across the battlefields of France and Belgium. The sight of these poppies inspired the poem ‘In Flanders Fields’ by Lieutenant-Colonel John McCrae in 1915. An American professor, Moina Michael, was so moved by the poem that she successfully campaigned for the flower to be adopted as a symbol of remembrance in 1921. In Australia, wreaths of poppies are traditionally placed at memorials and honour boards on ANZAC Day.