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

Choice lustrous mint red fading to steel brown with about 30% of the mint color remaining, mostly on the obverse. A beautiful, satiny large cent with

Frosty medium brown and steel with light bluish steel overtones on the reverse. Satiny luster covers the fields and the eye appeal of this cent is ex

Glossy light to medium olive brown. No roughness or verdigris, just light contact marks on both sides. EDS with a two parallel die cracks up from st

Slightly sharper with a few too many light contact marks for the higher grade. Glossy tan and light brown. MDS. There is a radial crack from the de

Lustrous medium steel brown and light chocolate with a couple tiny peeps of faded mint red on both sides. The obverse is choice but the reverse has a

Recolored a rather glossy olive and steel brown with lighter reddish brown in protected areas. A carbon spot on the base of the E in ONE is the only

Slightly sharper but lightly burnished and recolored glossy golden tan and light steel brown. A couple small marks in the field off the end of the no

Glossy medium brown and light chocolate. Smooth, just heavily worn, with a single nick off the end of the chin. LDS, but not the latest, with fully

Glossy light olive and chocolate. Smooth with trivial marks, just worn. E-MDS with clear dentils around most of the obverse. Ex Robert F. LaForme

Frosty light olive and golden brown. The only notable mark is a tiny tick on the rim at star 3. Looks mint state but there is a trace of rub on the

Highly lustrous light steel brown with hints of light bluish steel overtone around the devices. Frosty and very attractive with just a few light cont

Lustrous tan and light steel brown, the reverse a shade or two darker than the obverse. The surfaces are satiny and this cent has excellent eye appea

Beautiful lustrous bluish steel and light olive with at least 20% of the planchet showing faded mint red, mostly on the reverse. Had to be close to g

Very attractive lustrous bluish steel and light olive with 20-25% of the mint red remaining. Satiny mint frost covers this cent and it offers great e

Lustrous light to medium brown with subtle overtones of light bluish steel. Satiny and very attractive with only trivial marks. The notable defects

Frosty medium brown and light chocolate with lighter brown and tan in protected areas on both sides. The only mark is a small rim nick left of star 1

Choice frosty light to medium brown. This cent has virtually flawless surfaces and has outstanding eye appeal for a lightly worn cent. The only defe

Lustrous light to medium brown and olive with mellowed mint red covering about 20% of the planchet. Nearly flawless, just a few tiny specks of darker

The "Accessory N" variety. Very attractive and highly lustrous light chocolate and steel brown faded down from mint red with underlying f...

Glossy light to medium brown with mint frost in the protected areas. Only minor marks including a tiny rim bruise at the E in AMERICA and a nick righ

Highly lustrous light bluish steel and olive with 5-10% of both sides showing mint red. A sharply struck cent with great eye appeal. The only marks

Lustrous steel brown and light chocolate. Mint frost covers the fields and protected areas on both sides and the eye appeal of this cent is excellent

Frosty light olive and steel brown with about 15% of both sides showing mint red. Satiny mint luster covers this cent and the eye appeal is excellent

Frosty medium brown with some darker olive brown toning at NT in CENT into the wreath below. The only contact mark is a microscopic pin prick close b

Frosty tan and light brown with lighter golden tan in protected areas on the reverse. There is a trace of friction on the highpoints and the only mar

Beautiful lustrous bluish steel and olive with mellowed mint red covering 10-15% of the planchet. Satiny mint frost covers this cent, even the highes

Lustrous light olive and steel brown with 15-20% of the planchet showing frosty mint red. An attractive cent with just a few microscopic marks includ

Slightly sharper with too many light contact marks for the sharpness grade. The notable marks are a rim nick at TE in STATES and some light scratches

Frosty light olive and medium brown. Sharp and attractive with light wear on the devices and minor contact marks. The notable marks are a dull nick

Glossy light to medium brown blending to steel brown on the reverse where generous traces of mellowed mint red remain visible. The fields are lustrou

Lustrous mellowing mint red and steel brown with subtle hints of bluish steel overtone. About a third of the faded mint color remains, mostly on the

Lustrous medium brown blending to light olive in protected areas on the obverse; the reverse is lustrous medium brown with small splashes of medium ol

Glossy light brown with frost in protected areas. Smooth and attractive with minor marks including a spot of darker toning at the 18, a collection of

Glossy light brown with medium brown toning on the highpoints. Mint frost covers the protected areas and this cent has excellent eye appeal. There a

Reddish brown and light olive. Smooth and free of notable defects, just worn. The details on most of the planchet are sharper, perhaps VG8, but the

Frosty light to medium steel brown with a splash of darker olive brown toning under EN in CENT to UN in UNITED. Just a few minor marks including two

Beautiful lustrous tan and light olive with 5% of the planchet showing bright mint color. Satiny mint frost covers this cent, even the highpoints, a

Glossy light chocolate brown with frosty lighter brown in protected areas. The only mark is a pin prick under the end of the wreath ribbon. An attra

Glossy medium brown and chocolate with very faded mint red in protected areas. Smooth and attractive but there are a few marks including a small chip

Lightly cleaned and retoned glossy light greenish olive. The toning is attractive but there are small nicks scattered over both sides, none significa

Lustrous light steel brown with 5% of the obverse and at least 15% of the reverse showing mint red. Satiny mint frost covers this cent and the eye ap

Lustrous medium steel brown very delicately woodgrained on the obverse with slightly darker steel brown. Satiny and very attractive with choice mint

Frosty light brown with slightly darker steel brown toning on the highpoints. The only marks are a few small spots around star 1 and another under st

Lustrous mint red fading to steel brown with at least half of the planchet showing frosty mint red color. Very attractive with a few small marks incl

Lustrous light brown with peeps of mint red on both sides. Satiny with very nice eye appeal. Just a few small marks including some ticks on the chin

Glossy medium chocolate with lighter brown toning on the obverse devices. Smooth and attractive, just moderately worn. A few small ticks on the 18 a

Lustrous light olive and steel with mint red showing on about 20% of the obverse and 5% of the reverse. The surfaces are satiny and this cent has gre

Lustrous medium steel brown. Essentially flawless with great eye appeal. The best identifying mark is a tiny diagonal nick on the tip of the coronet

Lustrous bluish steel brown and olive with 5% of the faded red remaining on the obverse. The only marks are a horizontal nick high on the bust, a du

Frosty light to medium brown with slightly darker steel brown toning on the highpoints and satiny tan in some protected areas. The only marks are a f