It is a very early hammerless. I do t have my book right in front of me, but it is in the first 500 or so made, as I think the first hammerless was in the late 57,000 range.
Overall the gun is in very poor cosmetic condition. You mention a non-original buttplate. I cannot see that, but The whole buttstock is also not original.
Correction as per Daves post below. The gun is in the first couple 1000 hammerless made.
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