Costa Rica (struck in Birmingham, England), specimen 10 centavos, 1889 HEATON-BIRMM, NGC SP 67, ex-Richard Stuart (stated on label). KM-129. Thoroughly lustrous and prooflike, without a single blemish and one of three in the NGC census that are tied for top honors, listed in KM and labeled in the slab as without overdate but the second 8 is clearly punched over something. NGC #4435025-007.
($1250-2000)