The Tom Wachtel Collection of Early Copper Coins

Lustrous medium brown and light chocolate with slightly darker steel brown toning on the highest points of the portrait. Satiny mint frost covers the

Slightly glossy steel and light olive brown. Sharper by 5 points but covered with myriad hairline scratches that do not break the toning. No verdigr

A sharp, attractive cent but there is a splash of very fine roughness and reddish brown verdigris at the N in CENT. Otherwise this cent is nice, void

Glossy medium steel brown and light chocolate. The surfaces are smooth and the only defects are 10 tiny punch marks on the reverse, mostly inside the

Lustrous medium olive delicately woodgrained with medium brown and tan on the obverse. Mint red remains on 5% of the obverse, 20% of the reverse, and

Glossy chocolate and steel brown with a trace of frosty very faded red on the left side of the reverse, most likely from a very old cleaning. The sur

Glossy chocolate and steel brown. Smooth and attractive with only trivial contact marks including a small nick off the chin and another off the end o

Glossy dark steel brown and chocolate with lighter brown in protected areas on the obverse. Looks smooth to the unaided eye but a glass reveals extre

Glossy light to medium brown with slightly darker steel brown toning on the highpoints. The surfaces are smooth and the only marks are a barely visib

Glossy light brown speckled with tiny spots of darker olive brown toning on the reverse. The obverse is smooth with only trivial contact marks, nearl

Frosty light olive with delicate overtones of sea green and light bluish steel. The surfaces are satiny and lustrous, and this is a very attractive

Very attractive lustrous light steel brown. Satiny mint frost covers the planchet and the eye appeal is excellent. Just a few trivial marks, none vi

Glossy steel brown with frosty light brown and tan toning in the protected areas. The surfaces are smooth with only a few minor marks, including a th

Rather glossy medium brown and chocolate. Mostly smooth but there is very fine roughness in areas on both sides, especially at UNITED STATES. A rim

Glossy medium brown delicately woodgrained with lighter brown on the obverse. No roughness, only small contact marks scattered over the obverse. A s

Frosty medium steel brown and light chocolate with traces of faded mint red in protected areas on both sides. Looks mint state but there is a very li

Frosty light steel brown with slightly darker steel brown on the highpoints and reddish tan faded down from mint color in a few protected areas, parti

Choice lustrous bluish steel and olive with at least 20% of the mellowed mint color remaining. A beautiful cent with only microscopic marks, none vis

Glossy dark steel brown and chocolate with frosty slightly lighter reddish steel brown toning in protected areas of the reverse, possibly from an old

Glossy olive and medium chocolate brown with lighter chocolate on the highpoints. Smooth and quite nice showing only trivial marks. EDS without any

Five points sharper but covered with microscopic granularity. No verdigris and the only mark is a dull, light scratch over the O in ONE. E-MDS with

Nice glossy medium brown blending to chocolate in protected areas. Smooth and attractive with only trivial contact marks. A small diagonal nick betw

Rather glossy dark steel brown with lighter reddish steel brown toning in protected areas. The surfaces are smooth and show only minor contact marks

Attractive glossy light to medium brown blending to light chocolate on the right side of the reverse. The surfaces are smooth and this cent has excel

Glossy olive brown and chocolate with peeps of faded mint color in some of the protected areas, mostly on the reverse. No contact marks of note, but

Glossy light to medium brown blending to chocolate brown in protected areas. Smooth and quite nice with only trivial contact marks, none notable. Ve

Glossy olive brown and bluish steel with traces of very faded red in protected areas, most likely the result of an old cleaning. The surfaces are smo

Rather glossy dark olive and steel with lighter steel brown highpoints. Covered with fine roughness with some light scratches in the fields, all blen

Glossy light olive and medium brown with chocolate brown toning at the bust tip. Smooth and attractive with just a few minor ticks. A small nick in

Lustrous light brown with subtle overtones of light bluish steel, particularly on the obverse. Traces of mint red remain visible on the obverse and a

Lustrous light to medium brown with a streak of slightly darker steel brown toning from star 5 to left of the date. Satiny and very attractive. The

Lustrous light greenish olive with hints of bluish steel and sea-green overtones on both sides. The surfaces are satiny and this cent is very attract

Rather glossy golden steel brown with a patch of shallow reddish crust at ENT. Lightly cleaned. There are traces of fine roughness in a few places b

Glossy medium brown woodgrained on the obverse with chocolate brown. Just minor defects including a planchet flake at the top of the 3 and some fine

Glossy light olive brown and chocolate. Smooth and attractive but there is a depression in the planchet at the curl left of star 11. The depression

Frosty steel brown with slightly lighter toning on the highpoints thanks to a light cleaning and retoning. The color looks natural and passed muster

Frosty mint red fading to light steel brown with about half the mellowing mint color remaining visible on both sides. The surfaces are satiny and lus

Lustrous light olive brown and steel with about 20% of the planchet showing mint red, mostly on the reverse. The surfaces are satiny and this cent is

Frosty tan and light brown mixed with bluish steel and chocolate. Peeps of faded mint red show in a few of the protected places around the portrait a

Glossy light chocolate brown with lighter brown toning on the devices. Possibly lightly cleaned and retoned. The surfaces are smooth but there are t

Lustrous light brown with slightly darker steel brown toning on the highpoints and hints of light bluish steel overtone. Traces of faded mint color s

Glossy light olive and chocolate brown. Peeps of lighter golden brown show in some protected areas on the obverse. The surfaces are smooth and this

Frosty tan and light brown with medium brown toning on the highpoints. Hints of very faded mint color are visible near the dentils on both sides. Sm

Frosty light to medium brown with traces of golden tan faded down from mint color on both sides. The surfaces are satiny and the only marks are a sma

The obverse is glossy medium chocolate and olive brown while the reverse is a lighter shade of frosty light steel brown with hints lighter toning fade

Glossy light to medium brown with a horizontal streak of darker brown toning from the forelock to the top of star 4. The surfaces are smooth with onl

Lustrous tan and light bluish steel brown with about 5% of the mint red remaining visible, mostly on the obverse. Frosty mint luster covers this cent

Glossy tan with darker steel brown toning on the highpoints. Smooth and attractive with no defects, just light wear on the devices. Sharply struck M

Choice lustrous steel brown with frosty lighter steel brown toning covering the protected areas on both sides. No spots or stains, only a hint of fri

Glossy tan with areas of darker chocolate brown on the lower curls and at stars 6-9. The toning is attractive but this cent was lightly cleaned long