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Great Britain, oval copper alloy Admiral Vernon medal, 1739, Vernon and ship and cannon / Porto Bell

Currency:USD Category:Coins & Paper Money / Exonumia - Medals Start Price:500.00 USD Estimated At:1,000.00 - 2,000.00 USD
Great Britain, oval copper alloy Admiral Vernon medal, 1739, Vernon and ship and cannon / Porto Bell
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Great Britain, oval copper alloy Admiral Vernon medal, 1739, Vernon and ship and cannon / Porto Bello, very rare, ex-Craige, ex-Adams (Plate). AC-PBvi8I. 9.53 grams; 37 mm x 25 mm. Dark brown XF+ with some traces of brassy color, bulge and file marks at top where it was no doubt incorporated into a key (McCormick-Goodhart's theory) or pendant, or even a corkscrew (like lot 1558 in this auction or AC's UNI-21), in any case rated RR in AC (four examples reported). XRF: 54.56% copper, 41.03% zinc, 3.59% lead. Pedigreed to the John Adams Collection (with his handwritten tag), plated on page 93 of Medallic Portraits of Admiral Vernon (2010), by Adams and Chao, and to the Ted Craige Collection.