A different method than my usual approach. I didn't use the trace feature this time. I hand drew some of the words, scanned them, raster edited with Gimp. At this time, I used the levels setting to make the black ink drawing very light gray. Then I imported into Inkscape. Next I made a second layer, and bezier drew the scroll. I used lettering that was similar to what I had drawn, positioned it over the light gray drawing, and node edited till it looked like the hand drawn letters.
I used the gold coins I submitted before; for info, find "gold coins for plotter". Those coins were made for this project.
Light khaki vector background with red and gold abstract swirls, white wire frame ribbons and green sample text. The smoky Illustrator background graphics are modern and clean and would fit perfectly into a title effect motion graphics, branding projects or Power Point presentation.