B -- (R 5) 1785. Ryder's plow type No. 5 is now known to be a
contemporary struck forgery, of which issue a cast counterfeit version
was evidently made soon after the initial discovery (ca. 1865) of the
copy, which was believed at that time to be a genuine and previously
unknown rare issue. The ANA's coin is one of the cast versions. Acc. No.
1989.142.1. (8, including about 4 each of the struck and cast
pieces)
