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

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Great Britain, copper alloy Admiral Vernon medal, 1741, Vernon and Ogle / Cartagena, ex-Adams (plate
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Great Britain, copper alloy Admiral Vernon medal, 1741, Vernon and Ogle / Cartagena, ex-Adams (plate). AC-CAvo1A. 12.75 grams; 39 mm. Brass-colored Mint State with original luster (bright on reverse), dentillated rims, rated scarce in AC, probably an early die-state as lacking characteristic reverse die failures mentioned in AC. XRF: 40.37% copper, 50.55% zinc, 7.66% lead. Pedigreed to the John Adams Collection (with his handwritten tag), plated on page 170 of Medallic Portraits of Admiral Vernon (2010), by Adams and Chao.