The Tom Wachtel Collection of Early Copper Coins

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