Great Britain, copper alloy Admiral Vernon medal, Duke of Argyll / Satan and Walpole (ca. 1739), ex-Adams, ex-Chao, ex-Ferrari. AC-NLa1A. 35 mm, 13.92 grams. AU with nice, brassy luster on fields and around the sharp details (see previous lot for notes about this Walpole issue, with the addition of the Duke of Argyll, who supported Vernon's campaign against the Spanish in the Caribbean). XRF: 50.44% copper, 47.80% zinc, 1.43% lead. Pedigreed to the John Adams Collection (with his handwritten tag), the Fernando Chao Collection and the Jorge Ferrari Collection.
($350-500)