^Lot 1480 GREAT BRITAIN, copper alloy Admiral Vernon medal, 1739, Vernon and Fort Chagre / Porto Bello, ex-Ada

GREAT BRITAIN, copper alloy Admiral Vernon medal, 1739, Vernon and Fort Chagre / Porto Bello, ex-Adams, ex-Craige. AC-FCv19Z. 15.80 grams. 38 mm. Scarce variety, dark, cast XF with bubbly texture, atypical composition (more copper and lead, less zinc); XRF: 77.67% copper, 18.85% zinc, 2.67% lead. Pedigreed to the John Adams Collection (with his hand-written tag) and to the Ted Craige Collection.