The Tom Wachtel Collection of Early Copper Coins

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