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The bicentenary of the discovery of Antarctica

Description

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.
The design depicts a motif of a sailing ship. It also bear the inscriptions ‘Fabian Gottlieb von Bellingshausen’ and
‘ANTARKTIKA 200’, the country name ‘EESTI’ and the year of issuance ‘2020’.

Subject of commemoration

The bicentenary of the discovery of Antarctica

Date of issue

2020-03-03

Issuing country

Estonia

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The bicentenary of the discovery of Antarctica

Official Journal

2020/C 49/14

Issuing volume

750000