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

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Great Britain, copper alloy Admiral Vernon medal, 1739, Vernon / Porto Bello, ex-Adams.
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Great Britain, copper alloy Admiral Vernon medal, 1739, Vernon / Porto Bello, ex-Adams. AC-PBv47UU. 11.75 grams; 38 mm. Flashy brass surfaces (polished) in nearly AU grade with choice full details and tall dentillated rims (the obverse legend in tiny letters), rated as scarce in AC based on McCormick-Goodhart, with five examples reported, but "in our experience it is rare" with the "lone example located" appearing to be cast, almost certainly in reference to the plate piece from the British Museum, to which the present piece is clearly superior. XRF: 51.54% copper, 45.40% zinc, 2.25% lead. Pedigreed to the John Adams Collection (with his handwritten tag).