Early Coppers Auction

Sharper by at least 10 points but dark olive with greenish patina in protected areas suggesting this piece was lost in soil for a while. The surfaces

Slightly sharper but covered with extremely fine granularity on all but the highpoints of the devices, which are smooth. The only marks are a scuff o

Glossy medium brown with chocolate brown toning in the protected areas. Microscopic roughness covers the fields and protected areas but overall this

Slightly sharper but there are several dozen tiny pits on the left side of the obverse and a small area of raised verdigris at IA in BRITANNIA. The r

Rather glossy dark steel brown and olive. Smooth and essentially free of marks, just lightly worn on the devices. A very tiny planchet flake on the

Slightly glossy olive brown and steel with lighter brown toning on the devices. The surfaces look smooth but microscopic granularity covers the field

Choice glossy light chocolate brown with lighter brown toning on the highpoints of the devices. A beautiful Machin's Mills halfpenny that has j...

Sharpness VF35 but dark greenish olive and steel with fine roughness covering the planchet. Traces of waxy greenish patina can be found in protected

Sharpness VF25 but covered with fine roughness. In addition there are some significant contact marks including a round dent under the ear, a lighter

Sharpness VF30 but there are several rim dents on both sides, the strongest of these over OR in GEORGIVS. Otherwise there are just a few light scratc

Sharpness VF20 with areas of fine to moderate roughness on both sides. The roughest areas are at III and around BRITAN. No verdigris or contact marks

Sharpness VF25 but covered with fine to moderate roughness. No verdigris but there is a significant dent on the face that created a bulge at the top

Sharpness VF25 or a bit better where properly struck up but dark with fine to moderate roughness over most of the planchet. Dark olive brown and stee

A nicely detailed piece with light wear on the highpoints of the devices but it has some significant defects. There is an attempted puncture near the

Sharpness near EF40 but dark with microscopic roughness under the slightly glossy dark greenish olive brown toning. The highpoints are a lighter shad

Glossy steel brown and chocolate blending to darker olive brown in protected areas. Would rate a slightly higher grade if not for a few diagonal plan

Slightly sharper with a scuff of light scratches on the portrait and a couple more on Britannia, but all are blended nicely into the toning and the ey

Choice glossy light to medium brown with darker steel brown toning on the highpoints. Smooth and quite nice for the grade, just moderately worn witho

Choice glossy medium brown blending to chocolate in protected areas. Smooth and very attractive. The only notable marks, and they are barely visible

Rather glossy dark olive brown with lighter brown toning on the highpoints of the devices. Appears smooth to the unaided eye but there is extremely f