The Tom Wachtel Collection of Early Copper Coins

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