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Great Britain, copper alloy Admiral Vernon medal, 1739, Vernon and ship and cannon / Porto Bello, ra

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Great Britain, copper alloy Admiral Vernon medal, 1739, Vernon and ship and cannon / Porto Bello, ra
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Great Britain, copper alloy Admiral Vernon medal, 1739, Vernon and ship and cannon / Porto Bello, rare, ex-Ferrari, ex-Chao, ex-Adams. AC-PBvi22KK. 14.24 grams; 37 mm. VF+ with traces of lacquer over lustrous brassy spots, the dentillated rims missing (either removed or never present), rated R in AC (only three examples reported). XRF: 50.73% copper, 45.53% zinc, 3.12% lead. Pedigreed to the John Adams Collection (with his handwritten tag) and to the Fernando Chao and Jorge Ferrari Collections.