Lot 1553 Great Britain, small copper alloy Admiral Vernon medal, 1739, Vernon and ship and cannon / Porto Bel

Great Britain, small copper alloy Admiral Vernon medal, 1739, Vernon and ship and cannon / Porto Bello, ex-Ferrari, ex-Chao, ex-Adams. AC-PBvi15R. 4.68 grams; 27 mm. Dark brown XF with nice, smooth fields, scarce, clearly superior to the AC plate piece (which has a chip in the edge). XRF: 49.97% copper, 46.32% zinc, 2.95% lead. Pedigreed to the John Adams Collection (with his handwritten tag) and to the Fernando Chao and Jorge Ferrari Collections.
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