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

Ten points sharper but there are several small contact marks including a rim bruise at star 11 and a couple rim nicks at IT in UNITED. Mostly glossy

Sharpness VF35 but smoothed at the bust and neck and retoned glossy chocolate and olive brown. LDS with crumbling in the notch on the right side of t

Very attractive bright original mint red fading to medium brown and steel on the highpoints with more than half the original mint color remaining. No

Glossy light to medium chocolate brown with darker steel brown toning on the devices. The surfaces are smooth and the only notable marks are a trio o

Glossy light olive and medium brown. The toning is attractive but this cent was lightly cleaned and has retoned nicely (good enough to pass muster at

Attractive lustrous light brown with slightly darker steel brown toning on the highest points of the devices. The only contact mark is a light scuff

Very attractive lustrous medium chocolate brown. Satiny mint frost covers all but the highpoints of the devices and this cent has great eye appeal.

Mostly glossy dark olive brown with lighter steel brown toning on the devices. No corrosion, but there is crud caked into protected areas on the reve

Sharper but there is fine verdigris dusted in the fields on the lower half of the obverse. No notable marks. Mostly glossy chocolate and steel brown

Frosty medium brown and light chocolate. Smooth and attractive, just lightly worn. No notable marks. EDS but not quite the earliest. There is a fi

Frosty mix of dark chocolate and lighter brown. There is a trace of wear on the highpoints and a few minor marks including a shallow planchet flake i

Glossy steel brown and light chocolate. Smooth with minor marks consistent with the grade. A dull nick on the rim over the E in STATES may help iden

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

Glossy light brown and chocolate with some tan toning in protected areas. The surfaces are smooth and the only notable marks are four small nicks or

Frosty light olive and golden tan. Nearly void of marks or other distinctive features; a few diagonal stripes of slightly darker toning at the T in C

Lustrous mint red fading to light bluish steel brown with faded mint color covering about a third of the planchet. The surfaces are satiny and the ey

Glossy chocolate and dark steel brown. Smooth and the only notable mark is a rim bruise over the second T in STATES. MDS. The area that is outlined

Glossy dark chocolate brown. A tiny nick over star 1 and a couple more right of the lips. MDS. The outlined by die cracks right of the date has ris

Glossy medium chocolate with lighter reddish brown in protected areas on the obverse. Smooth and attractive with frost in protected areas, especially

Glossy medium brown with chocolate in protected areas. Decent surfaces but dirty with crud in protected areas. No notable marks. The area outlined

Slightly glossy olive brown and steel. Reasonably smooth but not perfectly so. No verdigris and the only notable mark is a dull nick on the right to

Dark steel and olive brown over finely granular surfaces. Reddish scale shows in the fields and protected areas on the reverse and there are traces o

Glossy medium brown and chocolate. No roughness or verdigris but there are some light contact marks scattered over both sides, none notable. A light

Frosty light to medium brown. There is a faint puff of slightly darker toning between stars 3 & 4 and that area shows extremely fine roughness ...

Slightly glossy steel brown and chocolate with lighter brown on the devices. Covered with very fine roughness with some light green verdigris tucked

Glossy chocolate and bluish steel brown with lots of frosty tan in protected areas. We do not see any "Cleaning" as claimed on the PCGS la...

Glossy steel and medium brown. The surfaces are smooth and the only notable marks are a small dig at the center dot on the reverse and a nick on the

Sharpness near mint state with just a light touch of friction on the highpoints, but there is a small patch of roughness and fine verdigris under star

Frosty dark steel brown with traces of lighter brown in a few places. No roughness and the only marks of note are a pair of tiny planchet flakes high

Several points sharper but covered with fine roughness mixed with old scratches. A rim bruise at stars 12-13 is the only other mark. Slightly glossy

Lustrous bluish steel and olive brown. Peeps of very faded mint color remain present on the reverse. The surfaces are satiny and nearly flawless, an

Frosty mix of tan and light brown with an arc of darker chocolate toning at stars 3-7 and another at UNIT. Peeps of mellowed mint red show on both si

Frosty medium steel brown. The surfaces are satiny, the strike is sharp, and the eye appeal of this cent is excellent. The only marks are a few tiny

Frosty tan and light brown. The surfaces are satiny and lustrous, but the luster is a bit subdued by a layer of natural oxidation from being stored i

Glossy dark olive brown and steel. Looks smooth to the unaided eye, just dark, but a glass reveals uniform microscopic roughness under the glossy ton

Lustrous light to medium steel brown and chocolate with peeps of faded mint red on the obverse. The only notable defects are a spot of darker toning

Lustrous light brown with a streak of darker toning left of star 12 plus a few smaller spots that contain traces of microscopic verdigris on both side

Frosty tan with steel brown toning on the highpoints of the devices. Satiny mint luster covers the fields and protected areas and this cent has excel

Mint red fading to bluish steel brown with about 25% of the mint red remaining. This cent has outstanding eye appeal and would be considered choice i

Glossy medium brown and chocolate; the reverse delicately woodgrained. Smooth and attractive, just lightly worn. A diagonal nick on the chin may hel

The obverse is lustrous light olive and steel brown with underlying mellowed mint red showing through in the fields and protected areas. The reverse

Frosty light to medium brown. The fields are lustrous and this cent has excellent eye appeal. Essentially flawless except for a fine struck-through

Glossy medium brown and light reddish chocolate. Frosty flowline luster covers the fields and protected areas. There is a bit of wear on the highpoi

Lustrous tan and light brown mixed with a few puffs of chocolate brown toning. Peeps of mint red remain visible in protected areas on both sides. Th

Frosty tan and light brown with small wisps of darker olive brown toning on the reverse. Flowline luster shows in the protected areas. A nice cent b

Lustrous light bluish steel brown with an arc of darker chocolate brown at NITE. The surfaces are satiny and quite attractive, but that small stain i

Frosty medium brown and tan with some light chocolate on the left side of the reverse. Smooth and attractive, essentially flawless except for light f

Lustrous bluish steel brown delicately woodgrained with chocolate brown toning on the reverse. Peeps of faded mint color show on both sides. Satiny

Frosty chocolate and bluish steel brown with lighter steel brown in protected areas on the reverse. The only notable mark is a microscopic planchet f

Choice frosty light olive and sea green with traces of mint red showing on both sides, especially on the reverse. The surfaces are satiny and lustro