^Lot 1534 Great Britain, gilt silver(?) Admiral Vernon medal, 1739, Vernon / Porto Bello, ex-Craige, ex-Adams.

Great Britain, gilt silver(?) Admiral Vernon medal, 1739, Vernon / Porto Bello, ex-Craige, ex-Adams. AC-PBv36II. 15.73 grams; 38 mm. Bold XF with bright gold surfaces graced with antique toning around details, the rubbed highest points showing dark silver color (decidedly not copper), confirmed by XRF results but not noted as silver on Adams' tag or listed in AC as known in silver (worth a deeper analysis). XRF: 58.71% silver, 37.17% gold, 2.80% copper. Pedigreed to the John Adams Collection (with his handwritten tag) and to the Ted Craige Collection