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Great Britain, copper alloy Admiral Vernon medal, 1739, Vernon / Porto Bello, ex-Craige, ex-Adams (p

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Great Britain, copper alloy Admiral Vernon medal, 1739, Vernon / Porto Bello, ex-Craige, ex-Adams (p
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Great Britain, copper alloy Admiral Vernon medal, 1739, Vernon / Porto Bello, ex-Craige, ex-Adams (plate). AC-PBv45VV; Betts-199. 16.15 grams, 38 mm. Dark UNC (no luster) with bright gold spots above Vernon's eyes. XRF: 39.24% copper, 54.90% zinc, 4.21% lead. Pedigreed to the John Adams Collection (with his handwritten tag) and the Ted Craige Collection, plated on page 81 of Medallic Portraits of Admiral Vernon (2010), by Adams and Chao.