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Great Britain, copper alloy Admiral Vernon medal, 1741, Vernon and Ogle / Cartagena, ex-Adams (plate

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Great Britain, copper alloy Admiral Vernon medal, 1741, Vernon and Ogle / Cartagena, ex-Adams (plate
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Great Britain, copper alloy Admiral Vernon medal, 1741, Vernon and Ogle / Cartagena, ex-Adams (plate). AC-CAvo5G. 14.04 grams; 37 mm. Dark XF with very high rims, rated scarce in AC, the tag from Adams describing it as: "Excellent condition for this rarity." XRF: 49.74% copper, 34.44% zinc, 12.52% lead. Pedigreed to the John Adams Collection (with his handwritten tag), acquired from Christopher Eimer in October 2007, plated on page 173 of Medallic Portraits of Admiral Vernon (2010), by Adams and Chao.