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Great Britain, oval copper alloy Admiral Vernon medal, 1741, Vernon and town and ships / Cartagena (

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Great Britain, oval copper alloy Admiral Vernon medal, 1741, Vernon and town and ships / Cartagena (
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Great Britain, oval copper alloy Admiral Vernon medal, 1741, Vernon and town and ships / Cartagena (Ogle in legend), unique, ex-Adams (Plate). AC-CAvo6H. 8.39 grams; 39 mm x 27 mm. Bold XF with some die-rust and minor encrustation, portion of bottom edge missing (also slightly warped), no doubt formerly incorporated into a key, pendant, or corkscrew (see lots 1547 and 1558, also AC UNI-21), the only example known for this variety (no rating in AC). XRF: 51.22% copper, 46.34% zinc, 1.84% lead. Pedigreed to the John Adams Collection (with his handwritten tag), plated on page 174 of Medallic Portraits of Admiral Vernon (2010), by Adams and Chao, acquired from James King in November 1986.