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Great Britain, small silver Admiral Vernon medal, 1739, Vernon and cannon and ship / Porto Bello, ex

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Great Britain, small silver Admiral Vernon medal, 1739, Vernon and cannon and ship / Porto Bello, ex
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Great Britain, small silver Admiral Vernon medal, 1739, Vernon and cannon and ship / Porto Bello, ex-Adams. AC-PBvi14R (var); unl. 7.59 grams, 27 mm. Scarce obverse die with spelling error BRITIS (lacking the H) and unique variety with stippled fields (Adams tag: "One must speculate on how this process was used, but used it was"), Fine with nice silver color and contrasting toning, large hole between baton and sword. XRF: 96.56% silver, 1.74% copper (less than 1% lead and tin). Pedigreed to the John Adams Collection (with his handwritten tag) and to the Dix Noonan Webb Auction of May 2012 (lot 197).