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Great Britain, copper-alloy Admiral Vernon medal, 1739, Porto Bello, Vernon and icons, ex-Adams.

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Great Britain, copper-alloy Admiral Vernon medal, 1739, Porto Bello, Vernon and icons, ex-Adams.
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Great Britain, copper-alloy Admiral Vernon medal, 1739, Porto Bello, Vernon and icons, ex-Adams. AC-PBvi16W. 17.17 grams; 39mm. Dark AU- with traces of original brassy color and luster around details on reverse, sub-variety with 1 in date rendered as a J (mentioned in Adams). Adams notates this piece as "an anomaly for Roche: good metal (pinchbeck) and details better but not completely struck up." Pedigreed to the John Adams collection.