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Great Britain, copper alloy Admiral Vernon medal, Vernon / Porto Bello, 1739, ex-Adams (Plate), ex-F

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Great Britain, copper alloy Admiral Vernon medal, Vernon / Porto Bello, 1739, ex-Adams (Plate), ex-F
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Great Britain, copper alloy Admiral Vernon medal, Vernon / Porto Bello, 1739, ex-Adams (Plate), ex-Finn. AC-PBv7E. 39 mm, 15.05 grams. XF, mostly dark but with trace of lighter original color, early die-buckling, Vernon's nose typically flat. XRF: 49.98% copper, 48.38% zinc, 1.27% lead. Pedigreed to the John Adams Collection (with his handwritten tag) and the Leonard Finn Collection, plated on page 55 of Medallic Portraits of Admiral Vernon (2010), by Adams and Chao.