This sterling silver ingot depicts St Andrew's Cathedral, 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. The present-day St Andrew's Cathedral was constructed between 1856 and 1864. It was designed by Lieutenant-Colonel Ronald MacPherson, and construction of the cathedral was carried out by Indian convict labourers. It stands on the site of the former St Andrew's Church designed by George D. Coleman, which was severely damaged by lightning incidents in 1845 and 1849 and later deemed to be unsafe. The original church bell, which was donated by Maria Revere, wife of American Consul Joseph Balestier and the daughter of the anti-British American patriot Paul Revere, is now in the collection of the National Museum.The cathedral was gazetted a National Monument on 28 June 1973, part of the first group of 8 buildings to be designated as such.