1794 1C No Fraction Bar, RB
1795 1C Plain Edge, RB

1795 1C S-75, RB (Regular Strike)

Series: Liberty Cap Cents 1793-1796

PCGS MS65+RB

PCGS MS65+RB

PCGS MS65RB

PCGS MS65RB

PCGS #:
35718
Designer:
Attributed to Robert Scot
Edge:
Lettered: ONE HUNDRED FOR A DOLLAR
Diameter:
28.00 millimeters
Weight:
13.48 grams
Mintage:
N/A
Mint:
Philadelphia
Metal:
Copper
Auction Record:
$223,250 • MS65+RB • 03-31-2017 • Stack's Bowers

Condition Census What Is This?

Pos Grade Image Pedigree and History
1 PCGS MS65+RB

Discovered in Europe; Sotheby's, October 1995, Lot 1395; Anthony Terranova; Lawrence Stack, sold privately as an entire collection in January 2003. As PCGS MS65+RB #32189853. "The D. Brent Pogue Collection, Part V," Stack's Bowers & Sotheby's, March 2017, Lot 5101 - $223,250; Mike Chipman. S-75. Die State I.
1 PCGS MS65RB

Virgil M. Brand; B.G. Johnson, January 1944; Arthur C. Fritz; Rudolph Khol; Federal Coin Exchange Fixed Price List 1952; Harold Bareford, September 1985; Herman Halpern, December 1986 - R.E. "Ted" Naftzger; Goldberg Auctioneers, September 2008, Lot 170 -  $155,250. S-75.
1 PCGS MS65RB

As NGC MS65RB #339896-001. Heritage Auctions, January 7, 2010, Lot 2408 - $40,250. As PCGS MS65RB #27442689. S-75. Die State V.
#1 PCGS MS65+RB

Discovered in Europe; Sotheby's, October 1995, Lot 1395; Anthony Terranova; Lawrence Stack, sold privately as an entire collection in January 2003. As PCGS MS65+RB #32189853. "The D. Brent Pogue Collection, Part V," Stack's Bowers & Sotheby's, March 2017, Lot 5101 - $223,250; Mike Chipman. S-75. Die State I.
#1 PCGS MS65RB

Virgil M. Brand; B.G. Johnson, January 1944; Arthur C. Fritz; Rudolph Khol; Federal Coin Exchange Fixed Price List 1952; Harold Bareford, September 1985; Herman Halpern, December 1986 - R.E. "Ted" Naftzger; Goldberg Auctioneers, September 2008, Lot 170 -  $155,250. S-75.
#1 PCGS MS65RB

As NGC MS65RB #339896-001. Heritage Auctions, January 7, 2010, Lot 2408 - $40,250. As PCGS MS65RB #27442689. S-75. Die State V.
Charles Morgan:

The 1795 Liberty Cap Cent, S-75

Sheldon-75 (#35718) shares its obverse die with S-74 (#35714), distinguished by the flag of the "5" burrowing into Liberty's bust truncation. The reverse features a double leaf at the top of the right branch, and all leaves—except for the three single leaves below "TE" and "OF" are doubled. "U" and "ST" are cut lower than the surrounding lettering, and there is a notable die scratch extending from the tip of the outer left leaf to below the "E" in UNITED.

Planchet quality is frequently an issue with this variety, with many examples exhibiting pitting or microgranular surfaces, particularly above "ONE."

Walter Breen estimated that the entire mintage of S-75 was executed over just three days.

PCGS records two examples of S-75 in Mint State Red-Brown - the finest of which was repatriated from Europe in the 1990s before entering the prestigious collections of Lawrence Stack and D. Brent Pogue.

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