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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-PBv31DD. 16.72 grams; 38 mm. Slightly convex AU- with old brass color within darker areas of die-rust, variety with prodigious waves and stippling on reverse, R in AC (only two examples reported). XRF: 47.34% copper, 46.84% zinc, 2.50% lead. Pedigreed to the John Adams Collection (with his handwritten tag) and to the Stack's auction of January 2008, with original lot-tag 7109.