Two Dollars 2012 Remembrance Day (Poppy), Coin from Australia - detailed information

The obverse shows the crowned mature head of Queen Elizabeth II facing right (her effigy known as the "Fourth Portrait"). The Queen wears the "Girls of Great Britain and Ireland" diamond tiara, a wedding gift from Queen Mary (Her Majesty's grandmother) in 1947 - which she also has on the Machin and the Gottwald portraits.

In small letters below the head, the artist's initials IRB (for Ian Rank-Broadley).

Around the effigy is the monarch's legend and the date: ELIZABETH II AUSTRALIA 2012.

At centre, the coin features a poppy flower - the international symbol for Remembrance Day commemorating those fallen in World War One. On a limited number of coins the poppy is coloured red and black.

The background of the central circle contains the words REMEMBRANCE DAY"in microtext repeated and presented in 11 rows, and the words LEST WE FORGET in microtext in inverse order (facing in the other direction), repeated and presented in 11 rows.

Around above, the face value TWO DOLLARS. Around below, separated by it by two small poppy flowers in the rim, the inscription REMEMBRANCE.

Mintage includes 5,800,000 "plain" coins (no colour) and 500,000 with the red poppy.

There is a green blister card edition which is NOT produced by the Royal Australian Mint (the coins are re-packaged in it by a company called DCPL).