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Great Britain, gilt copper-zinc Admiral Vernon medal, 1741, Cartagena, Vernon, Lezo and Ogle, ex-Ada

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Great Britain, gilt copper-zinc Admiral Vernon medal, 1741, Cartagena, Vernon, Lezo and Ogle, ex-Ada
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Great Britain, gilt copper-zinc Admiral Vernon medal, 1741, Cartagena, Vernon, Lezo and Ogle, ex-Adams. AC-CAvlo1B. 14.45 grams, 37 mm. Very bright gold color (non-auric plating), sharply detailed AU with tiny hole at top of obverse, hairlines in fields. Tested (XRF) at 43.25% copper and 39.71% zinc plus a significant amount of tungsten (13.13%) from the plating (full results on small printout included). Pedigreed to the John Adams collection.