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Great Britain, copper alloy Admiral Vernon medal, Vernon with cannon and ship / Porto Bello, 1739, e

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Great Britain, copper alloy Admiral Vernon medal, Vernon with cannon and ship / Porto Bello, 1739, e
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Great Britain, copper alloy Admiral Vernon medal, Vernon with cannon and ship / Porto Bello, 1739, ex-Adams (Plate), ex-Craige. AC-PBvi13Q. 37 mm, 16.07 grams. Sharply detailed strike and almost devoid of wear (AU+), with some luster on reverse but dark in color all over and with faint traces of sediment in crevices. XRF: 49.39% copper, 48.76% zinc, 1.56% lead. Pedigreed to the John Adams Collection (with his handwritten tag) and the Ted Craige Collection, plated on page 97 of Medallic Portraits of Admiral Vernon (2010), by Adams and Chao.