Mauritius (struck at the Heaton Mint, Birmingham, England), bronze 5 cents specimen, Victoria, 1877-H, medal axis, PCGS SP66 RB, finest known in both NGC and PCGS censuses, ex-Heaton Mint Archives. KM-9. Bright and glossy in golden-red color with slight incipient darkening on reverse, minimal marks, the finest of just three at PCGS, the only other one certified being a single SP 58 BN at NGC. PCGS #80048476. Pedigreed to the Heaton Mint Archives.
($2,500-$3,750)