Obverse: the reverse of the coin depicts the Vostok, which Admiral von Bellingshausen sailed around the world. Above the picture is the inscription "Fabian Gottlieb von Bellingshausen", "ESTI 2020", on the underside of the discovery title "ANTARKTIKA 200". The outer ring of the coin depicts the 12 stars of the European flag.
Reverse: Regular 2€ nominal number.
About the coin: The discovery of the Antarctic continent is particularly important for Estonia, as the Baltic German sailor Benjamin von Bellingshausen (1778-1852), an officer in the Imperial Russian Navy, was born in Saaremaa. Bellingshausen was appointed commander of the southern polar expedition. In July 1819, he left the Russian naval base at Kronstadt on the Gulf of Finland. He was led by two ships, Vostok and Mirny. In December 1819 the southern Sandwich Islands were discovered. While traveling further south in January of 1820, Bellingshausen explored the Antarctic coast, but had not yet realized the extent of his discovery.
