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Cook Islands 2013 $10 Windows of Heaven Chartres Cathedral 50 g Silver Coin
Cook Islands 2013 $10 Windows of Heaven Chartres Cathedral 50 g Silver Coin50.0g (1.61oz). Fabulous issue in the famous’Windows of Heaven’ series featuring full-color stained glass inserts from famous churches and cathedrals around the world. This release features the French medieval Cathedral of Our Lady of Chartres, one of the finest examples of French Gothic architecture. Struck in to the reverse of this coin is an image showing the outside of the Cathedral Notre Dame of Chartres, with a plan of the outlay of the church below. To the left is shown a section, taken from within the cathedral, showing