Cologne Cathedral took 632 years to complete — construction began in 1248, halted for centuries with a crane sitting atop the unfinished south tower, and only concluded in 1880. At that moment it briefly became the tallest structure in the world. This issue belongs to the proliferating category of sub-half-gram gold miniatures struck under Solomon Islands authority for the collector market, a licensing arrangement that has little to do with the Pacific nation itself.
Cologne Cathedral took 632 years to complete — construction began in 1248, halted for centuries with a crane sitting atop the unfinished south tower, and only concluded in 1880. At that moment it briefly became the tallest structure in the world. This issue belongs to the proliferating category of sub-half-gram gold miniatures struck under Solomon Islands authority for the collector market, a licensing arrangement that has little to do with the Pacific nation itself.