The Dr. Tom Wachtel Collection

Frosty steel brown and chocolate with lighter brown and tan in protected areas. Smooth and attractive, just lightly worn. The only marks worthy of n

Glossy medium brown and light chocolate. The only marks are a scuff of fine scratches on the portrait and wreath. This was a normal 1826 N-4 cent th

Frosty golden tan with darker steel brown toning on the highpoints. Possibly lightly cleaned and retoned but the eye appeal is nice and it passed mus

Slightly glossy dark olive brown and steel. Very fine granularity covers all but the highpoints. No verdigris and the only mark is a tiny nick in th

Sharper by at least 5 points but the fields and protected areas are covered with fine roughness. No verdigris and the only notable mark is a small pu

Five points sharper but there is an area of fine roughness and verdigris at CA in AMERICA and a bit more at the bottom of the O in ONE. Otherwise smo

Frosty olive and light chocolate with lighter brown and tan in protected areas. The best identifying mark, and it is microscopic, is a speck of reddi

A few points sharper but recolored a mix of chocolate, dark steel brown, and lighter brown with some coppery tan on the left side of the wreath. LDS

Lustrous medium brown and light chocolate with a hint of light bluish steel overtone on the reverse. The surfaces are satiny and this cent has excell

Glossy medium chocolate mixed with lighter brown on the obverse. Smooth and attractive, just moderately worn. A tiny rim bruise over ES in STATES is

Dark olive brown and steel. The obverse is glossy while the reverse is frosty. There are a half dozen small spots of lighter brown toning scattered

Lustrous medium brown and steel with 5-10% of the reverse showing slightly mellowed mint color. Subtle overtones of light bluish steel cover the fiel

Frosty steel brown with lots of golden tan faded down from mint color in protected areas. Looks mint state but there is a touch of rub on the highest

Glossy medium brown and light chocolate. Satiny mint frost covers the protected areas and this cent has excellent eye appeal. Lightly worn on the hi

Frosty steel and chocolate brown. Satiny and nearly void of marks with just a touch of friction on the highpoints. The notable marks are a tick on t

Glossy steel brown and chocolate. Smooth with trivial marks consistent with a worn cent. LDS with a small rim cud over the right side of star 7, and

The obverse is frosty tan with steel brown highpoints; the reverse is light olive and light bluish steel brown. This cent is lustrous and quite attra

Frosty tan and light brown with darker steel brown toning covering the highpoints on the obverse. Satiny mint luster covers the protected areas. Loo

Frosty tan and light steel brown with puffs of darker bluish steel brown toning on both sides. Mint luster covers the fields and this cent has mint s

Frosty medium chocolate brown and steel. A choice cent that has great eye appeal in spite of light wear on the devices. The fields and protected are

Glossy medium brown blending to light chocolate at the bottom of the reverse. The surfaces are smooth and this cent has excellent eye appeal. No not

Lustrous light to medium brown. Sharply struck with full radial lines in all the stars. The best identifying marks are a small speck of darker tonin

Frosty light chocolate brown and steel with hints of very faded mint color in a few protected areas on the reverse. Satiny mint luster covers the fie

Glossy light olive and chocolate brown. Smooth, just worn. The highpoints are a lighter shade of brown and there are no notable marks. An attractiv

A couple points sharper but cleaned and retoned dark steel and reddish chocolate with traces of tan in protected areas on the obverse. No marks, but

Frosty dark steel brown and chocolate with lighter steel brown in protected areas. Satiny mint luster shows in the fields and protected areas, especi

Glossy medium chocolate with frosty lighter steel brown and tan toning in protected areas. Generous traces of golden tan faded down from mint color r

Lustrous light steel brown with slightly darker steel brown toning on the highpoints. Delicate puffs of slightly darker brown toning show on both sid

Frosty olive brown and chocolate with traces of faded mint red showing in protected areas, particularly on the obverse. Hints of bluish steel overton

Glossy light chocolate and olive. Smooth and attractive for the grade, just worn with no defects. MDS with the usual die cracks on the obverse but w

A sharp cent with great eye appeal. Close to mint state but there is a bit of friction on the devices. Frosty light brown with steel brown toning o

Ten points sharper with patches of hard verdigris and fine corrosion on the obverse. In addition there is a line of shallow planchet erosion from the

Choice lustrous medium steel brown and light olive with delicate overtones of light bluish steel. Original bright mint red shows on 20-25% of the pla

Attractive frosty medium chocolate brown. Choice if not for two rim nicks at the bottom of the reverse. LDS with crumbling at the brow and tucked un

Glossy olive and chocolate brown. Smooth and attractive, just worn. No verdigris, only minor contact marks including two light scratches near the de

Sharpness EF45 with patches of fine reddish brown corrosion with raised verdigris on both sides. About half of the planchet is smooth. Sharp and void

A sharp mint state cent with excellent eye appeal, but some shallow corrosion at the dentils over OF-A was carefully removed, and that area was retone

Frosty tan and light brown blending to darker olive brown toning on the right side of the obverse. Sharply struck with nice eye appeal but there is a

Frosty steel brown with satiny surfaces and excellent eye appeal. A sharp, problem-free cent except for a spot of corrosion under the first 8. EDS w

Glossy reddish brown and chocolate with peeps of lighter brown and tan toning in protected areas on the obverse. The surfaces are mostly smooth but t

Glossy light to medium brown. The surfaces are smooth and show only trivial contact marks. A shallow planchet flake under the first T in STATES can

Frosty light brown with slightly darker steel brown toning on the devices. The strike is sharp, the fields are satiny, and the eye appeal of this cen

Glossy light to medium brown and light olive with hints of very faded red in protected areas behind the portrait thanks to a very old cleaning. The s

Lustrous light steel brown with slightly darker steel brown toning on the highest points of the devices. Satiny and attractive with sharply struck de

Slightly glossy light olive and steel brown blending to darker olive brown in protected areas. Trivial contact marks, just worn. EDS before any trac

Frosty medium steel brown and light chocolate with tan in protected areas on the reverse. The notable marks are a diagonal scratch in the field right

Frosty light to medium brown with lots of underlying very faded mint red on the left side of the reverse. This cent has mint state eye appeal but the

Frosty light to medium brown with steel brown toning on the highpoints and hints of faded mint red on both sides. There are a few puffs of darker ste

Rather glossy medium steel brown and chocolate. The surfaces are smooth but there are a half dozen fine, very old scratches on the face and neck. Te

Frosty light to medium brown and chocolate. Satiny mint luster covers the fields and this piece has excellent eye appeal. However a glass reveals fi