2 Euro

2020Commemorative

Obverse

Sailing ship

Legend
English
Fabian Gottlieb von Bellingshausen
EESTI 2020
Estonia 2020
ANTARKTIKA
Antarctica
200

Designer Tiiu Pirsko and Mati Veermets

Reverse

Denomination over map of Europe

Legend
2 EURO
LL

Designer Luc Luycx

Edge

Type "O" and "EESTI" repeated alternately upright and inverted

Legend
English
EESTI O EESTI O
Estonia Estonia

Issues

  • 2020
    Mintage
    VF€2.60XF€2.60AU€3.10UNC€3.10
  • 2020BU
    Mintage

    Coincard

    UNC€15

Catalogue numbers

KM#
94

Physical

Metal
Bi-MetallicNickel-Brass center in Copper-Nickel ring
Weight
8.5 g
Diameter
25.75 mm
Thickness
2.2 mm
Shape
Round
Alignment
Medal (0°)
Technique
Milled

Details

Value
2 Euro
= 200 Euro Cent
Type
Commemorative
Subject
First Antartic Expedition

Notes

The discovery is linked to Estonia because one of the first men to see Antarctica in 1820 was Fabian Gottlieb von Bellingshausen, a Baltic German seafarer born in Saaremaa, who documented the discovery