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

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Great Britain, copper alloy Admiral Vernon medal, 1739, Vernon and Brown / Porto Bello, ex-Adams, ex
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Great Britain, copper alloy Admiral Vernon medal, 1739, Vernon and Brown / Porto Bello, ex-Adams, ex-Chao, ex-Ferrari. AC-PBvb7K. 12.98 grams; 39 mm. UNC (higher grade than the AC plate piece) with patchy light-brass luster and darker toning, some light granularity on the cast-flan surfaces, more tin content than most. XRF: 46.45% copper, 45.72% zinc, 3.79% lead, 3.56% tin. Pedigreed to the John Adams Collection (with his handwritten tag) and to the Fernando Chao and Jorge Ferrari Collections.