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Great Britain, copper alloy Admiral Vernon medal, (ca. 1739), Vernon and Brown / Argyll, ex-Adams (P

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Great Britain, copper alloy Admiral Vernon medal, (ca. 1739), Vernon and Brown / Argyll, ex-Adams (P
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Great Britain, copper alloy Admiral Vernon medal, (ca. 1739), Vernon and Brown / Argyll, ex-Adams (Plate). AC-NLv8F. 12.98 grams; 37 mm. Olive brown XF with a few brassy areas, scarce tribute issue to Vernon's backer Argyll, with NO PENTIONER in reference to the fact that the latter did not resign his offices (stripped from him later by the king). XRF: 49.29% copper, 47.30% zinc, 2.67% lead. Pedigreed to the John Adams Collection (with his handwritten tag), plated on page 41 of Medallic Portraits of Admiral Vernon (2010), by Adams and Chao.