The Construction of the Suez Canal

CNG 87, Lot: 1593. Estimate $200. Sold for $1500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

EGYPT, Ottomans. Isma'il. As pasha, AH 1280-1284 / AD 1863-1867. CU 50 Centimes Token (21mm, 1.93 g, 6h). Struck for the Ch. & A. Bazin Company. Paris mint. Dated 1863. Denomination in three lines; all within wreath / Galley under sail left on sea. KM Tn2. EF, red-brown surfaces. Rare and historically interesting.

From the Clarence & Helen Zaar Maritime Collection.