2013 $2 Ludwig Leichhardt 2oz Silver Coloured Proof Coin

A scholar of natural sciences, Ludwig 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 Morton Bay. The coin’s reverse portrays Ludwig Leichhardt and a red line superimposed on a map of north-east Australia indicating the route of his most famous expedition to Port Essington on the Cobourg Peninsula. As well as The Perth Mint’s ‘P’ mintmark, the design includes the inscription LUDWIG LEICHHARDT 1813 1848.