The Tom Wachtel Collection of Early Copper Coins

Lustrous medium brown and light chocolate faded down from mint red with slightly mellowed mint color showing through in the fields and protected areas

Frosty golden tan and light olive with a couple peeps of faded mint red showing on the reverse. The surfaces are satiny and lustrous, and this cent i

Glossy chocolate and steel brown with 5% of the red remaining on the obverse, nearly 20% on the reverse. Both sides are coated with a thin layer of l

Very lustrous light bluish steel and olive brown with hints of faded mint color in protected areas on the reverse. Satiny mint frost covers this cent

Very attractive lustrous bluish steel brown with peeps of faded mint red on the obverse and 15% of the reverse showing brighter mint color. The surfa

Highly lustrous light to medium chocolate brown. Satiny mint frost covers the fields and this cent has excellent eye appeal. A dull nick or planchet

Glossy steel brown and light chocolate. Smooth and free of significant marks, just worn. Early die state with just a faint radial crack at the left

Lustrous medium steel brown. The fields are satiny and this cent has mint state eye appeal, but there is a hint of rub on the highest points of the p

Glossy medium brown and chocolate. Smooth with minor marks including a light rim bruise at star 12. M-LDS. The crack at F-AM is strong and it passe

Glossy medium steel brown with tan in protected areas. Smooth, just worn. A dull rim bruise left of the date and a vertical scratch over the N in ON