^Lot 1591 Great Britain, copper alloy Admiral Vernon medal, 1739, Vernon and Havana / Porto Bello, ex-Adams.

Great Britain, copper alloy Admiral Vernon medal, 1739, Vernon and Havana / Porto Bello, ex-Adams. AC-HAv1B. 13.27 grams; 38 mm. Gorgeous sharp UNC in light copper color with traces of original luster, nicely dentillated rims, clearly superior to the plate piece in AC, perhaps because the tag shows it was attributed to HAv1C in error XRF: 48.80% copper, 47.96% zinc, 2.25% lead. Pedigreed to the John Adams Collection (with his handwritten tag).