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Great Britain, copper alloy Admiral Vernon medal, 1741, Cartagena / Vernon and Ogle, ex-Adams (plate

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Great Britain, copper alloy Admiral Vernon medal, 1741, Cartagena / Vernon and Ogle, ex-Adams (plate
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Great Britain, copper alloy Admiral Vernon medal, 1741, Cartagena / Vernon and Ogle, ex-Adams (plate). AC-CAvo2B; Betts-319. 11.80 grams, 38 mm. Very dark UNC with slight traces of luster in some crevices. Adams-Chao says: "A well-balanced piece of work." XRF: 40.64% copper, 52.00% zinc, 5.80% lead. Pedigreed to the John Adams Collection (with his handwritten tag), plated on page 171 of Medallic Portraits of Admiral Vernon (2010), by Adams and Chao.