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Great Britain, copper alloy Admiral Vernon medal, 1739, Vernon and Fort Chagre / Porto Bello, ex-Ada

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Great Britain, copper alloy Admiral Vernon medal, 1739, Vernon and Fort Chagre / Porto Bello, ex-Ada
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Great Britain, copper alloy Admiral Vernon medal, 1739, Vernon and Fort Chagre / Porto Bello, ex-Adams (plate), ex-Craige. AC-FCv6G. 15.01 grams; 38 mm. UNC with bright original luster and color around details, which are particularly sharp, also high rims. XRF: 39.50% copper, 53.72% zinc, 4.29% lead. Pedigreed to the John Adams Collection (with his handwritten tag) and to the Ted Craige Collection, plated on page 146 of Medallic Portraits of Admiral Vernon (2010), by Adams and Chao.