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Great Britain, copper alloy Admiral Vernon medal, Vernon and Fort Chagre / Porto Bello, 1739, ex-Ada

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Great Britain, copper alloy Admiral Vernon medal, Vernon and Fort Chagre / Porto Bello, 1739, ex-Ada
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Great Britain, copper alloy Admiral Vernon medal, Vernon and Fort Chagre / Porto Bello, 1739, ex-Adams (Plate). AC-FCv9J. 38 mm, 14.14 grams. Lustrous AU with tiny spots of original color here and there, well struck and nicely detailed, also with dentillated rims. XRF: 50.50% copper, 47.42% zinc, 1.57% lead. Pedigreed to the John Adams Collection (with his handwritten tag), plated on page 149 of Medallic Portraits of Admiral Vernon (2010), by Adams and Chao.