Papaver rhoeas
On October 21, 2004, the Royal Canadian Mint unveiled a 25¢ poppy coin. This coin features a red poppy ("Papaver rhoeas") that is coloured red, embedded in the centre of a maple leaf above a banner reading "Remember – "Souvenir"". It is the world's first coloured coin. While some countries' mints have produced colourized coins for market to collectors, this is the first colourized coin in general circulation in the world.