The Tom Wachtel Collection of Early Copper Coins

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