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Great Britain, small copper alloy Admiral Vernon medal, 1739, Vernon / Porto Bello, very rare, ex-Ad

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Great Britain, small copper alloy Admiral Vernon medal, 1739, Vernon / Porto Bello, very rare, ex-Ad
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Great Britain, small copper alloy Admiral Vernon medal, 1739, Vernon / Porto Bello, very rare, ex-Adams (Plate). AC-PBv51ZZ. 5.73 grams; 27 mm. Very choice three-dimensional portrait with no flattening or wear, UNC with two spots of dark oxidation on reverse, faint traces of luster, rated RR in AC with only two examples reported, this one no doubt the finer, acquired by Adams in 1984. XRF: 49.16% zinc, 48.90% copper, 1.08% lead. Pedigreed to the John Adams Collection (with his handwritten tag), plated on page 86 of Medallic Portraits of Admiral Vernon (2010), by Adams and Chao.