The Tom Wachtel Collection of Early Copper Coins

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