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