^Lot 1529 Great Britain, small copper alloy Admiral Vernon medal, 1739, Vernon / Porto Bello, ex-Ferrari, ex-C

Great Britain, small copper alloy Admiral Vernon medal, 1739, Vernon / Porto Bello, ex-Ferrari, ex-Chao, ex-Adams. AC-PBv9F. 4.20 grams; 27 mm. Bold VF with clean fields but high points not fully struck up (including, unfortunately, Vernon's whole face), dark brown, scarce. XRF: 54.88% copper, 42.28% zinc, 1.97% lead. Pedigreed to the John Adams Collection (with his handwritten tag) and to the Fernando Chao and Jorge Ferrari Collections.