My local coin club hosts a yearly photo contest. This was my submission for 2023. Alas I didn’t win, but I had fun putting together this image.
The image background is a scan of an original page from the Illustrated London News from March 20, 1869. It depicts Lake Timsah along the canal.
The silver medal is from 1889 on the 20th anniversary of the opening of the Suez Canal. The medal was designed by Louis-Oscar Roty.
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