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Great Britain, copper Admiral Vernon medal, Havana/Porto Bello (1741).

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Great Britain, copper Admiral Vernon medal, Havana/Porto Bello (1741).
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Great Britain, copper Admiral Vernon medal, Havana/Porto Bello (1741). Betts-unlisted (McCawley-Grellman #238). 12.9 grams. Obverse legend reads ED.VERNON ESQ.VICE ADMIRAL OF THE BLUE and the reverse legend reads HE.TOOK.PORTO.BELLO.WITH.SIX.SHIPS.ONLY, with Vernon and Havana on obverse and six ships attacking Porto Bello on reverse, from a popular (and rather pompous) series of heroic medals struck in honor of Vernon's successes against the Spanish Main, a muling of Betts-313 obverse (with punctuation variety) with a different reverse, and in choice condition, AXF with light sediment around details.