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

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Great Britain, copper alloy Admiral Vernon medal, 1739, Vernon / Porto Bello, rare, ex-Adams.
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Great Britain, copper alloy Admiral Vernon medal, 1739, Vernon / Porto Bello, rare, ex-Adams. AC-PBv30BB. 16.49 grams; 39 mm. Very weakly struck AVF, olive brown color with coppery high points, old scratches in left field, this rare variety recognizable by the misspelling COURGE on reverse (R in AC, only five examples reported). XRF: 53.46% copper, 42.46% zinc, 2.72% lead. Pedigreed to the John Adams Collection (with his handwritten tag).