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

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Great Britain, copper alloy Admiral Vernon medal, 1741, Vernon / Cartagena, ex-Adams (plate).
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Great Britain, copper alloy Admiral Vernon medal, 1741, Vernon / Cartagena, ex-Adams (plate). AC-CAv3D. 11.82 grams; 39 mm. Dull brass-colored XF with muted luster, interesting old graffiti "C-VC" in obverse field, die-break below date as noted in AC. XRF: 41.99% copper, 50.54% zinc, 6.37% lead. Pedigreed to the John Adams Collection (with his handwritten tag), plated on page 164 of Medallic Portraits of Admiral Vernon (2010), by Adams and Chao.