Comments: An extremely rare proof date. Breen estimated that four examples may be extant today. The date punch on Obverse 6 has the same Denticle Ruler measurement as Obverse 1 but the date is positioned slightly lower on Obverse 6. As I did not have a chance to view the plate coin at the Richmond or Heritage auctions, no additional diagnostics can be offered. 

Known 1842 Proof Appearances - Heritage Auction Archives - 2008 Central States Numismatic Society Auction

1. PR65 Cameo NGC. The Kaufman specimen. The Norweb Collection (Bowers and Merena, 10/1987), lot 468; Allen F. Lovejoy (Stack's, 10/1990), lot 211. The Norweb cataloger indicates that the provenance is unknown, but believed to have been obtained circa 1908-1910.
2. PR65 NGC. Floyd T. Starr (Stack's, 10/1992), lot 361; Richmond Collection, Part III (David Lawrence, 3/2005), lot 1237.
3. PR62 NGC. Superior (10/1990), lot 3491.
4. Proof. American Numismatic Society Collection.
5. Proof. Smithsonian Institution.

1842 Varieties 101, 102, 103, 103a, 103b, 104, 105, 106, 106a, 107, 108

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