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Great Britain, silver-plated copper alloy Admiral Vernon medal, 1739, Vernon and Brown / Porto Bello

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Great Britain, silver-plated copper alloy Admiral Vernon medal, 1739, Vernon and Brown / Porto Bello
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Great Britain, silver-plated copper alloy Admiral Vernon medal, 1739, Vernon and Brown / Porto Bello, ex-Adams (plate), ex-Ford. AC-PBvb7L. 14.78 grams; 39 mm. Very nice details with rather tall rims, XF+ in bright silver color but with some scratches above Vernon's head, a variety noted by AC as "intentionally upgraded, with very high double rims and with many examples made in silver alloys as well as silver... made for an upscale market." That said, this example appears to be only silver plated, but it does come with a desirable additional pedigree. XRF: 10.22% silver, 39.47% copper, 37.51% zinc, 11.09% tin. Pedigreed to the John Adams Collection (with his handwritten tag) and to the John J. Ford Jr. Collection (Stack's auction of January 2006, with original lot-tag 552), plated on page 120 of Medallic Portraits of Admiral Vernon (2010), by Adams and Chao.