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Great Britain, copper Admiral Vernon medal, Chagre/Porto Bello (1740).

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Great Britain, copper Admiral Vernon medal, Chagre/Porto Bello (1740).
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Great Britain, copper Admiral Vernon medal, Chagre/Porto Bello (1740). Betts-unlisted (variant of 288, McCawley-Grellman #206). 11.2 grams. Obverse legend reads THE BRITISH GLORY.REVIV D.BY.ADMIRAL.VERNON and the reverse legend reads WHO TOOK PORTO BELLO.WITH.SIX.SHIPS.ONLY, with Vernon and Fort Chagre on obverse and six ships attacking Port Bello on reverse (punctuation variation from Betts attribution), from a popular (and rather pompous) series of heroic medals struck in honor of Vernon's successes against the Spanish Main, dark Fine+, rare.