Some large cents with grades. What do you think?

People have posted some circulated large cents asking for a opinions. Some people think I am too tough. Having just completed a date a set of large cents from 1793 to 1857, here are some raw coins that I bought from various sources, mostly EAC dealers with the grades the dealers gave them. I must have agreed because I bought them .

1796 This was graded VF-30.



1800 This was graded Fine-15 by PCGS (Later cracked out for an album).



I bought this Three Errors 1801 large cent at an EAC auction many years ago. The net grade is VG.



All of my Classic coins are graded. This 1811, which is a better date, is graded VF-25 by PCGS.



Here are three dates in a row, all graded at various levels of VF.

1824 VF-30



1825, VF-35



1826 VF-25



1832 VF-35



1842 EF-40



1857 MS-64, Brown



There they are. You can have at them.

 

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Very nice display of cents, congrats and thanks for sharing.

 

I haven't had much experience grading Large Cents, but I'll take a stab at them.

1796 Detail-wise I think it's XF, but the rims seem a bit weak and there is a fair amount of surface imperfections. I'd call it VF-35.

1800 VG-10
1801 Fine Details, Cleaned
1811 VF-25
1824 VF-35
1825 XF-40
1826 VF-30
1832 VF-35
1842 Close call for me between XF-45 & AU-50.
1857 MS-64/65

 

The 1796 didn't have much for rims to start with. That was one of the problems with the early U.S. coins. They didn't have rims to protect the design devices.

That piece was net graded by an EAC dealer. It would probably get "EF details, scratched" from a slab company.