^Lot 1145 Great Britain, silver Admiral Vernon medal, 1739, Vernon / Porto Bello, rare, ex-Adams, ex-Chao, ex-

Great Britain, silver Admiral Vernon medal, 1739, Vernon / Porto Bello, rare, ex-Adams, ex-Chao, ex-Ferrari. AC-PBv41NN. 18.66 grams; 38 mm. Brightly polished XF (some of the polish itself still caked in the crevices) with lovely toning around details, rated scarce in AC but really in a different class of rarity as struck in high-grade silver. XRF: 97.21% silver. Pedigreed to the John Adams Collection (with his handwritten tag), the Fernando Chao Collection, and the Jorge Ferrari Collection.