The Tom Wachtel Collection of Early Copper Coins

Frosty medium chocolate brown, the obverse delicately mottled with lighter steel brown and olive. Frosty mint luster shows through in the protected a

Frosty chocolate brown and steel. Smooth and virtually flawless with great eye appeal, just very lightly worn on the highest points of the devices.

Glossy light to medium chocolate brown with mint frost in some of the protected areas on the reverse. Smooth and attractive, just lightly worn. MDS

Glossy medium chocolate brown and steel with frosty lighter steel brown and tan in protected areas. The surfaces are smooth and nearly flawless showi

Frosty light brown with darker steel brown toning on the highpoints. The surfaces are satiny and smooth, nearly flawless except for the usual weak st

Frosty medium brown and chocolate with flowline luster in protected areas, especially on the reverse. This is an attractive cent that is free of any

Frosty light olive with traces of very faded red in a few places on both sides. Sharply struck with just a few trivial ticks or chips on the cheek.

Glossy tan and light olive blending to darker olive brown in protected areas. Satiny frost covers the fields and protected areas and the only marks a

Glossy medium chocolate brown with lighter brown on the devices. Smooth, just worn. M-LDS with 4 "Wheelspoke" breaks on the reverse. Ni...

Frosty light golden light olive and steel with overtones of light bluish steel and traces of faded mint red on both sides. The surfaces are satiny an

Frosty medium steel brown and light chocolate with traces of lighter tan from an old cleaning in protected areas on the right side of the reverse. Sm

Choice glossy medium brown and light chocolate. Well struck and essentially flawless, just worn. A small mark off the chin and a puff of slightly da

Attractive glossy medium brown and light chocolate. The surfaces are smooth and the only marks are a light nick on the tip of the nose and a pinprick

Glossy light to medium chocolate brown. Smooth and quite attractive. The only notable marks are a light vertical nick midway between the end of the

Glossy medium chocolate brown. Smooth and attractive but there are some marks including a dull scratch down the neck and a couple more at ONE CENT.

Frosty medium brown and light chocolate with hints of underlying very faded mint color showing through in the fields and protected areas. There are s

Frosty medium to dark steel. Satiny and a bit lustrous with no notable defects other than the usual soft strike associated with the intermediate die

Frosty light to medium brown with a puff of reddish brown toning under star 5 and slightly darker steel brown on the highpoints. Satiny mint luster s

Lustrous light olive and steel brown with delicate overtones of light bluish steel and nearly a third of the mellowed mint red remaining, mostly on th

Glossy medium chocolate brown with lots of frosty light brown and golden tan in protected areas on the reverse. The surfaces are smooth and the only

Highly lustrous light steel brown with a hint of bluish steel overtone. The surfaces are satiny and this cent has excellent eye appeal. The only not

Rather glossy steel brown blending to darker olive brown toning in protected areas. The fields and protected areas are covered with extremely fine gr

Lustrous light to medium brown with a faint hint of reddish brown overtone at the bottom of the reverse. The surfaces are satiny and this cent has ex

Glossy light brown with darker brown in protected areas. Smooth with just a few marks including two dull rim nicks right of the date, a small punch m

Frosty steel brown with lighter brown in the fields and protected areas on the obverse. Smooth and quite nice, especially for this popular "Re...

Choice frosty medium brown. Satiny mint luster covers the protected areas and this cent has outstanding eye appeal. Lightly worn on the highpoints a

Glossy medium chocolate brown and steel with satiny mint frost in protected areas. Sharp and attractive with only trivial marks. A small nick off th

Lustrous light to medium brown with darker steel brown toning on the highpoints and tiny peeps of very faded mint red showing in some of the protected

Glossy chocolate brown and steel. No roughness or verdigris, just honest wear. The only marks, and they are microscopic, are a few faint hairlines i

Frosty medium chocolate brown and bluish steel with traces of very faded red in protected areas thanks to an old, light cleaning. Sharply struck and

Glossy light to medium chocolate brown with frosty tan and lighter brown in protected areas on the obverse. Smooth and very attractive. A rim bruise

Slightly glossy olive brown with lighter steel brown toning on the devices. No corrosion or verdigris, just light contact marks scattered over both s

Glossy medium chocolate brown and steel with slightly lighter brown in protected areas. Smooth and free of significant contact marks, just worn. LDS

Rather glossy dark steel and olive brown. Lighter steel brown toning covers the devices, and the two-tone appearance accents the major details and en

Slightly glossy dark steel gray with a few small splashes of reddish brown on both sides, the largest at EN in CENT. There are unobtrusive traces of

Very attractive frosty light brown. The fields are protected areas are satiny and this cent has great eye appeal. Looks flawless but the portrait wa

Lustrous medium brown and light olive blending to light chocolate. Traces of faded mint red remain visible on both sides and this cent has great eye

Glossy light brown with steel brown toning on the highpoints. The surfaces are smooth and the eye appeal of this cent is excellent. The notable mark

Glossy light to medium brown with tan in protected areas on the reverse. There is an area of reddish brown toning over ENT and a few contact marks in

Ten points sharper but covered with extremely fine granularity under frosty olive brown and steel toning. Softly struck but quite attractive, free of

Very attractive glossy medium brown. The fields are satiny and lustrous and this cent has solid mint state eye appeal. However in our opinion this c

Glossy mottled mix of chocolate and light brown. The surfaces are smooth except for a dusting of very fine verdigris in the field left of the neck.

Frosty light to medium brown and light chocolate with traces of mint red on the obverse and at least 5% of the reverse showing mint color. Satiny min

Very attractive frosty light to medium brown. Satiny mint luster covers the fields and this cent has great eye appeal. Just a hint of friction on th

Lustrous medium brown and light olive with peeps of faded mint red showing in protected areas, particularly on the obverse. The fields are satiny and

Choice glossy light brown with slightly darker steel brown toning on the highpoints. Mint frost shows in the protected areas, especially on the rever

Glossy steel brown and chocolate. The surfaces are smooth and the only marks are a thin diagonal nick close over the nostril, a dull nick left of the

Very attractive lustrous light olive and bluish steel with mellowed mint red showing in protected areas on both sides. Nicely struck and nearly flawl

Frosty light olive and chocolate brown. Very lightly cleaned but the toning is attractive. Only minor marks including a thin vertical nick left of t

Frosty golden tan with traces of mellowed mint red on the reverse and steel brown toning on the highpoints. No notable marks other than a few barely