Images courtesy of Ira & Larry Goldberg Coins & Collectibles

Recent appearances:
PCGS VF-20.  Ex - James G. Macallister, June 7, 1944, sold for $10.00 - Ira & Larry Goldberg Coins & Collectibles, Inc.'s "The Benson Collection - Part I", February 16, 18-20, 2001, Lot 169, illustrated, sold for $1,150.00  Ex - Ira & Larry Goldberg Coin & Collectibles' "The Fairchild Family Trust Collection Sale", May 28-30, 2001, Lot 103, illustrated, sold for $805.00, where it was described (in part) as follows: "1795. Plain edge, no pole. Cohen-5b, Breen-5b, Rarity-5. PCGS graded VF-20 and Del Bland graded VG-8. A very attractive light brown example and generally well struck on a cut down large cent planchet, however, there is some weakness at the date and at HALF, the latter due to the die crack above and resulting die sinking. The fields on both sides display myriad microscopic marks and on the rim between A and T in STATES is a carbon spot.  The reverse die developed a crack on its previous die pairing, so when it was pulled off the shelf to coin this variety, the crack was fairly strong, with the area below the crack always weakly struck. The obverse die was in good shape, with all devices clear, although the date is a touch weak, as usual. Breen estimates that only 1,963 were struck of this die variety, all from cut down large cent planchets."

Del Bland BG-7.  Ex - Ira & Larry Goldberg Coin & Collectibles "The Fairchild Family Trust Collection Sale", May 28-30, 2001, Lot 104, illustrated, sold for $529.00

Del Bland graded Good-5.  Ex - Ira & Larry Goldberg Coins & Collectibles, Inc. "The Benson Collection - Part I", February 16, 18-20, 2001, Lot 170, illustrated, sold for $333.00

ANACS G-4.  Ex - Bowers and Merena Galleries "The Rarities Sale, Orlando", January 8, 2002, Lot 6, "Breen-5b, Cohen-5b, Rarity-4.  Plain edge, No pole. From the Dr. Roy Sturgeon Collection," sold for $161.00

Sources and/or recommended reading:
"American Half Cents - The 'Little Half Sisters' (Second Edition)" by Roger S. Cohen, Jr.

"Walter Breen's Complete Encyclopedia Of U.S. And Colonial Coins" by Walter Breen

Relevant collector organizations:
Early American Coppers Club