Nope. The battery ignition was the option, mag was standard.
The impression you have (wrong, yes, but not misguided, by the bye) is more correct for the starter, which was always an option, but pretty much installed as "standard" after the first few years. Kind of like the folks that still call a manual transmission a standard, when in fact, automatics are more often standard equipment and the manual an option. The very earliest of the letter series didn't even have a place in the bell housing to mount a starter.
The H4 mags were and are quite reliable. I love them, but don't subscribe to the "they're more reliable than a battery ignition" school of thought. Both are good, durable systems. If I were to give the mag an edge, it's onlly because having the ignition separate from the rest of the tractor'selectrical system helps narrow down problems -- i.e., a poor spark will relate to the mag, the condition of the battery and performance of the generator aren't in play to complicate the troubleshooting. Ignition prblems are divorced from charging problems. To that extent, I'll acknowledge that the mags are more reliable -- you can cook a battery, cook a generator, or lose a generator belt and the mag ignition will keep on running, and will start if you haven't misplaced your hand crank.
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