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

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Great Britain, copper alloy Admiral Vernon medal, 1739, Vernon and Fort Chagre / Porto Bello, ex-Cra
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Great Britain, copper alloy Admiral Vernon medal, 1739, Vernon and Fort Chagre / Porto Bello, ex-Craige, ex-Adams (Plate). AC-FCv2A. 14.69 grams; 40 mm. UNC with centers uncharacteristically slightly weak (with what appear to be adjustment marks on reverse), traces of bright luster in crevices, scarce variety. XRF: 49.14% zinc, 48.60% copper, 1.43% lead. Pedigreed to the John Adams Collection (with his handwritten tag), plated on page 141 of Medallic Portraits of Admiral Vernon (2010), by Adams and Chao, and to the Ted Craige Collection.