This sterling silver ingot depicts the Sri Mariamman Temple, one of the first places of worship to be designated a National Monument. This is part of a set of ingots struck by the Singapore Mint in 1978. As a complete set, the ingots depict five of Singapore's oldest places of worship: Thian Hock Keng Temple, Sri Mariamman Temple, Armenian Church, Hajjah Fatimah Mosque, and St. Andrew's Cathedral. A maximum of 3,000 pieces of each design were issued by the Mint, which agreed to make a donation to the Preservation of Monuments Fund from the proceeds of the sales. The sale of these ingots was announced on 20 Oct 1978, and by 26 November the same year all five of the design were fully subscribed. Sri Mariamman Temple is Singapore’s oldest Hindu temple. A wood-and-attap structure was erected on the site in 1827, while the oldest sections of the present brick structure were constructed circa 1843 after the temple compound was enlarged when an Indian landowner, Seshasalam Pillai, gave some of his land to the temple. The temple was gazetted a National Monument on 28 June 1973, part of the first group of 8 buildings to be designated as such.