Early Coppers Auction

Sharpness F12 or a bit better but covered with fine to moderate roughness on all but the highpoints, which are smooth. Rather glossy medium brown ble

Glossy medium chocolate brown woodgrained with lighter brown toning. The surfaces are mostly smooth but there are some minor striations in the fields

Slightly glossy dark olive brown and steel with lighter brown toning on the devices. Sharpness VG10 or a bit better but the obverse is covered with f

Attractive glossy dark olive brown and chocolate with lighter brown toning covering the devices. The two-tone appearance gives this copper great eye

Sharpness VF25 but dark and the planchet is eroded. Dull dark steel and olive brown with some shallow greenish verdigris on both sides, especially on

Sharpness F15 or better but there is a collection of intentionally made scratches that break the toning in the field before the horse's chest. ...

Variety with second U over S in PLURIBUS. Partly glossy chocolate brown with lighter brown toning covering the devices. The surfaces are decent but

Variety with Sprig Above Plow. Glossy chocolate brown with lighter brown toning on the devices and patches of reddish chocolate toning in a few place

Several points sharper but covered with fine to moderate roughness. Slightly glossy dark olive. No verdigris and the only notable mark is a light sc

Variety with Sprig Above Plow. Lightly cleaned, now retoned glossy medium brown and light chocolate. No marks or roughness but the centers were soft

Slightly sharper with several fine scratches on both sides, all blended into the slightly glossy medium brown toning. Probably lightly cleaned and ni

Sharpness VF25 but granular with specks of green verdigris in numerous small pits on both sides, mostly at the top of the reverse. A dull scrape unde

Sharpness VF30 but covered with fine granularity and there is an obvious planchet fissure through the V in NOVA into the horse. The same planchet fla

Sharpness EF40 but covered with fine roughness under a slightly glossy dark greenish brown patina. There are several old, light scratches on the hors

Sharpness F12 but covered with minor roughness on all but the highpoints, which are smooth. No verdigris but there are some old, light scratches hidd

Sharpness F15 or better but eroded and granular. No verdigris and the only notable marks are a rim bruise over the V in NOVA and a chip out of the ri

Glossy light olive and steel brown. The surfaces are smooth and the only notable marks are a tiny pit on the neck of the horse and a few thin planche

Several points sharper but dented. The dents were strong enough to create bulges in the slightly rough planchet. Fortunately the toning is an attrac

A late die state example that was known as Maris-78-dd due to the drastically different die features. Mostly glossy olive brown with lighter steel br

Glossy brown and light olive with slightly darker steel brown toning on the highpoints and lighter brown in protected areas. The surfaces are mostly