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