The types and varieties of this coin, issued in this year, were of the former, twelve, and of the latter, thirty. We have deemed it assisting to the student 1786. to particularize some of the types, and describe the most prominent features of the same, in order to facilitate the use of the table.

Types.-No. 1 may be determined by the long, straight beam in the plow, which is nearly on a line with the upper part of the handles. The shield is of the medium size. We have met with but three varieties of this type, and consider it rare.

No. 2. This differs from the preceding in the size of the horse's head, which is much smaller; the single-tree is placed further back from the end of the beam; the space between the handles is somewhat wider, and the beginning of the legend is double the distance from the handles.

No. 3. The handles in this type are much shorter, and converge toward the ends till they meet; the legend, in both its beginning and ending, closely approaches the plow. This type is getting to be scarce.

No. 4. The handles of the plow in this type terminate with round ends, and being the only one of the kind we have found, this feature of itself will be sufficient to distinguish it. The shield is small in all the varieties of this type, which is rare.

No. 5. In this type, the handles of the plow are very long, and the beam is straight, with a short curve at the end; the shield is badly proportioned. It is found but in few cabinets, and is quite rare.

No. 6. The horse's head is small, and placed up high above the plow, the mane is thin, and the die was slightly broken near the figure six. The shield is among the largest; and this type is very rare, we having never seen but one variety of it.

No. 7. In this type, the handles of the plow are closed, the beam curves very much upwards; the mould-board is twice the ordinary length; the lettering of the legend is very roughly executed, and irregularly arranged, and the shield is long and narrow. As a whole, it is a very rude effort at die-sinking.

No. 8. The handles of the plow are unusually long and slight, with the legend very near to them; the beam is placed much lower than any of the others, and the shield is among the largest. We have found but one variety of this type, which is quite rare. No. 10 may be distinguished by the figure six in the exergue, not extending beyond the termination of the curve of the handles of the plow. This peculiarity, we believe, does not occur in any other type. The shield is narrow and long.

No. 11. The handles are widely apart in the centre; the beam is very thick; the horse's head placed up high above the plow, and the shield is small and long. There are but two varieties of this type, which is extremely rare.

No. 12. In this type, the handles of the plow are much wider apart than any previously described; the beam is quite short, and curved at both ends, and the singletree touches the coulter and runs parallel with it. The shield is one of the largest. This type affords but two varieties, and though it is considered the most common among those having the large shield, yet it is by no means numerous.

The number of types and varieties of this year's issue, as far as we have 1787. been able to determine from the examination of several thousand specimens, is thirty of the former, and seventy of the latter.

Types. — No. 1. This type may be determined by the lower handle of the plow being much shorter than the upper; the upper one being almost on a parallel line with the beam; the space between the handles, very narrow, and they nearer to the legend than the beam, by one half. The letter C in the legend is between the horse's ears; the centre of the shield, which is the medium size, points between the letters B and U in the legend on the reverse.

No. 2. The handles of the plow of nearly equal length, close together, and nearly in a line with the beam; both being the same distance below the legend. The single-tree in this type is double the distance from the end of the beam of that in No. 1.

No. 3. The handles and beam in this type, nearer a level than in either of the types named in this year, the legend nearly touching them; the left ear of the horse points midway to the C in the legend. The shield, of the medium size, points from its centre to the first line of the U in the legend. Two of the varieties in this type were struck off on large planchets.

No. 4. The handles of the plow in this type are thick and heavy, with a decided curve, the beam straight; it touches the lower part of the thick line of the A in the legend, and the handles are about their own thickness below the N in the same. The coulter is thick and terminates squarely; the letter C between the horse's ears, and the shield, the medium size, points from its centre to the hair line in the U in the legend. No. 5. The handles and beam of the plow are low, and about their thickness, at each end, below the legend. The right ear of the horse's head touches the letter C in the same, midway; the shield is of the medium size, and points from the centre to the outer form of the letter S in the legend.

No. 6. May be determined by the handles being wrought down small at the ends, and terminating in balls. The horse's ears are to the left of the letter C in the legend; the shield, of the medium size, points from its centre, between the letters B and U, in the legend on the reverse.

No. 7. The handles of the plow, the same as in the preceding type, but the C in the legend is between the horse's ears, and the beginning of the same much higher. A medium shield, the centre of which points midway to the letter B in the legend, on the reverse; the R in the same shows that the die must have been broken.

No. 8. The balls on the handles of the plow in this type, are double the size of those previously described. The shield of the medium size, and points from its centre between the B and U in the legend on the reverse, and in many of this type there is a line, from a defective die, which strikes diagonally the U in "PLURIBUS.”

No. 9. In this type the handles reach above the N in the legend, and the beam curves up to the A in its termination. The letter C not exactly between the horse's ears; the shield of the medium size, and its centre points to the first line of the letter B in the legend on the reverse.

No. 10. The plow large and heavy, the beam slightly curved at each end, the lower handle the longest, the coulter rests on the mould-board, and the single-tree is close to the end of the beam. The letter C, in the legend, nearly between the ears of the horse; the shield slightly below the medium size, and its centre points slightly to the right of the first line of the letter U in the legend on the reverse.

No. 11. The planchets of this type are unusually small, and the devices accordingly. The horse's ears point between the letters C and A; the beam of the plow has a gradual curve toward the letter A in the legend. The shield on, the reverse points from the centre to the first line of the letter U in the legend.

No. 12. In this type the beam has as decided a curve as a sleigh-runner, by which it is known among collectors.

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No. 13. The plow in this type is very short but high; the curve of the beam regular but short; the coulter extends beyond the mould-board, and the horse's head is small. The shield is small, and the centre elevation points to the after portion of the U in the legend.

No. 14. May be distinguished by the plow being unusually small, and the letter A in NOVA solid in the centre, the letter being imperfect in the die.

No. 15. Differs from all the other types in the diminutive size of the horse's head, it being less than in any other type. The ears of the horse point to the A in Caesarea.

No. 16. The head of the horse is small in this type, but long and narrow; the ears point between C and A, the first letters in CÆSAREA. The coulter does not pass through the beam of the plow, which is an exception to all the other types.

No. 17. In this type there is a very marked curve in the horse's neck and mane; the plow is thick, heavy and awkward, and the beam curves downward, which occurs in no other type. The figure seven in the date is placed at the edge of the curve of the handles of the plow.

No. 18. Resembles type No. 15, except that the horse's head is larger, and the ears point between C and A as in type No. 16. Just above the beam in the plow, where it connects with the handles, there is a circular piece or stay which occurs in no other type.

No. 19. The legend on the obverse, in this type, at its termination, is punctuated with an oval dot; the shield is long, and at its centre-point, sunk.