1795 Liberty Cap Cent. S-78. Rarity-1. Plain Edge. MS-63 BN (PCGS).Pleasing golden-brown surfaces retain blushes of vivid pinkish-red color in the protected areas around many of the design elements, especially those on the obverse. Splash of mottled gray-brown over the upper left reverse, both sides with lovely cartwheel luster to surfaces that are glossy and overall smooth. Two small toning spots in the right obverse field before Libertys chin are useful identifiers for this uncommonly high grade 1795 S-78 cent. Ranked #12 in the census for the variety in William C. Noyes <em>United States Large Cents: 1795-1797, Volume 2</em> (2007), the EAC grades listed therein as MS-60 and AU-55. Noyes Die State B/A.Ex S.H. & H. Chapmans sale of the Harlan P. Smith Collection, May 1906, lot 1084; S.H. & H. Chapman; Numismatic Gallerys sale of the Charles M. Williams Collection, November 1950, lot 91; Harold Bareford, September 1985; our (Stacks) sale of the Herman Halpern Collection of United States Large Cents, March 1988, lot 113; David Bloom; our (Bowers and Merenas) Marvin P. Matlock, M.D. Collection sale, March 1991, lot 141; John B. MacDonald; Heritages FUN Signature Sale of January 2005, lot 3091; Chris Victor-McCawleys Fixed Price List #78, 2005.
