Ferdynand Ossendowski [2]

Ferdynand Antoni Ossendowski

Subject: Polish Travellers and Explorers
Face value: 2 pln
Alloy: (CuAl5Zn5Sn1) NG
Diameter: 27 mm
Weight: 8.15 g
Finish: standard
Mintage: 900000 pcs
On the edge: an inscription, NBP, repeated eight times, every second one inverted by 180 degrees, separated by stars
Additional: no
Date of issue: 2011-11-04
Issue price: 2 pln
A stylised image of the bust of Ferdynand Ossendowski. On the left-hand side, an inscription: 1876/1945. Below, a stylised fragment of a windrose. At the bottom, the facsimile signature of Ferdynand Ossendowski. At the top, a semicircular inscription: FERDYNAND OSSENDOWSKI.

Designer: Dominika Karpińska-Kopiec
An image of the Eagle established as the emblem of the Republic of Poland. On the sides of the eagle, the notation of the year of issue: 20-11; below the Eagle, an inscription: ZŁ 2 ZŁ. Along the rim, an inscription: RZECZPOSPOLITA POLSKA (Republic of Poland), preceded and followed by six pearls. The Mint’s mark: M/W, under the Eagle, on the right-hand side.

Designer: Ewa Tyc-Karpińska

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Ferdynand Ossendowski

Ferdynand Ossendowski was born near Vitebsk, situated in the area that had constituted the remote eastern reaches of pre-partition Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth. He pursued his education in the zone under the Russian administration, and then continued his studies at the Sorbonne in Paris. He became one of the best worldwide known Poles in the 20th century. Ossendowski was a colourful character surrounded by legend and several fragments of his biography remain mysterious to this day attracting interest of modern authors (especially Witold S. Michałowski). He was first of all a traveller and explorer of remote regions of the world, and also a travel author, widely considered in the inter-war period as one of the leading writers of the genre. Many of his travel ...

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