2 Dollars - Elizabeth II 4th Portrait - Ludwig Leichhardt

2 Dollars - Elizabeth II (4th Portrait - Ludwig Leichhardt) - obverse2 Dollars - Elizabeth II (4th Portrait - Ludwig Leichhardt) - reverse

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Features

Issuer Australia
Queen Elizabeth II (1952-2022)
Type Non-circulating coin
Year 2013
Value 2 Dollars
2 AUD = USD 1.31
Currency Dollar (1966-date)
Composition Silver (.999) (Pad printed)
Weight 62.207 g
Diameter 55.6 mm
Thickness 3.6 mm
Shape Round
Technique Milled
Orientation Medal alignment ↑↑
Number
N#
278508
References KM# 1922
Tracy L. Schmidt (editor); 2019. Standard Catalog of World Coins / 2001-Date (14th edition). Krause Publications, Stevens Point, Wisconsin, United States.
And 5 more volumes.

Commemorative issue

Bicentenary of the birth of Ludwig Leichhardt

Obverse

4th portrait of Queen Elizabeth II facing right wearing the Girls of Great Britain and Ireland Tiara

Script: Latin

Lettering:
ELIZABETH II
AUSTRALIA 2013
2 DOLLARS
IRB

Designer: Ian Rank-Broadley

Reverse

Bust of Ludwig Leichhardt superimposed over a map of his route from Moreton Bay to Port Essington

Script: Latin

Lettering:
LUDWIG LEICHHARDT
PORT ESSINGTON
MORETON BAY
1813 1847
P
2oz 999 SILVER
WR

Designer: Wade Robinson

Edge

Reeded

Mint

P Perth Mint, Australia (1899-date)

Comments

Ludwig Leichhardt, a Prussian born explorer and naturalist who made significant expeditions of discovery in Australia during the colonial era.
A scholar of natural sciences, Leichhardt was born in Trebatsch on 23 October 1813. In 1842 he arrived in Sydney and the following year, despite few apparent bush skills, completed an overland trek between the Hunter Region and Moreton Bay.
In 1844 he commenced a 3,000 mile expedition from the Darling Downs to Port Essington across territory previous unexplored by Europeans. Long considered to have perished, the party caused a sensation when it reached its objective in December 1845.
Made famous by this feat, Leichhardt set out on another expedition in 1848 with the ambitious aim of crossing the continent from east to west and then following the coast to the Swan River colony, but the party disappeared in mysterious circumstances that were never fully resolved.

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Date Mintage VG F VF XF AU UNC
2013 P 1 265 Proof Coloured

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