Sometimes, something just doesn't look right.

This is on Ebay and something just doesn't look right. It looks like a larger copy of a Half Cent portrait rather than a Large Cent Portrait to me. But the reverse matches the S-76.

http://cgi.ebay.com/1795-EARLY-U-S-LARGE-CENT-/290460699818?pt=Coins_US_Individual

The diagnostics are there so it's probably legit. Maybe it's the unnatural red of a cleaned coin?

 

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It looks like a S-76 to me. The only question is 76a or 76b? I think it is a 76b.

 

Yep cleaned and maybe recolored. Looks legit to me and you all know more about attributing these than me.