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Great Britain, large uniface copper alloy Admiral Vernon medal, 1739, Vernon and Porto Bello, extrem

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Great Britain, large uniface copper alloy Admiral Vernon medal, 1739, Vernon and Porto Bello, extrem
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Great Britain, large uniface copper alloy Admiral Vernon medal, 1739, Vernon and Porto Bello, extremely rare, ex-Craige, ex-Adams. AC-UNI2. 44.87 grams; 63 mm. Dark AXF with jagged hole from planchet flaw in front of face but clear details, one of five examples confirmed in AC, including ones in the British Museum and the ANS as well as in classic collections of Medina, Ulex, and W.C.C. Wilson, the last of which we can confirm is the British Museum specimen. Adams: "The decent quality of the composition and execution, along with the use of a large planchet, suggests that this design was intended to be affixed to an object of importance." XRF: 51.98% copper, 44.22% zinc, 2.91% lead. Pedigreed to the John Adams Collection (with his handwritten tag) and to the Ted Craige Collection.