2024 $2 Remembrance Day Animals At War PNC Silver - 1/4oz Uncirculated Canadian artist Andrew Lewis used

Canadian artist Andrew Lewis used various patterns and shapes to create this abstract image of geese

The inscription ‘1899 THE PERTH MINT 2024’ appears within a scroll at the foot of the design

plum pudding and a fir tree decorated with tinsel

The Chinese character for ‘rabbit’ and the inscription ‘Year of the Rabbit’ also appear in the design with The Perth Mint’s traditional ‘P' mintmark

Rome mint 166-169 AD

2024 $2 Remembrance Day Animals At War PNC Silver - 1/4oz Uncirculated Canadian artist Andrew Lewis usedAnimals have been indispensable during wartime: we have relied on them for transport, logistics, communications and companionship. Mules, camels, donkeys, pigeons, dogs and horses have all served their human masters in conflict. Dogs carried messages, ammunition and medical equipment as well as located wounded men and enemy soldiers. By sniffing out explosives dogs have saved many lives in Afghanistan, where Improvised Explosive Devices were one of