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FRANCE — Opening of the Suez Canal to large-scale shipping in 1869, by Louis-Oscar Roty (1846–1911). Front: “FRENCH SAVINGS: PREPARES . PEACE . FOR . THE . WORLD .” The allegory of Peace, seated on the left and facing right, brandishing a torch and holding a branch, receives a spherical piggy bank presented by Savings, standing on the right and dressed in a work dress; behind her, an anvil and tools. Signed: O. Roty. Reverse: “COMPAGNIE UNIVERSELLE DU CANAL MARITIME DE SVEZ.” Inscription in seven lines in the field, surmounted by a horizontal line: LE · / 17 · NOVEMBRE · / 1869 · / THE · MARITIME · CANAL · / HAS · BEEN · OPENED · / TO · MARITIME · NAVIGATION ·. Material: Silver. Diameter: 42 mm. Weight: 40.4 g.
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