Watch List notes:

Great Britain, small copper alloy Admiral Vernon medal, 1739, Vernon / Porto Bello, ex-Adams (plate). AC-PBv5D. 5.42 grams; 27 mm. Choice AU+ with original luster and color on fields and around details for an almost prooflike effect, rated scarce in AC. XRF: 39.72% copper, 53.05% zinc, 5.83% lead. Pedigreed to the John Adams Collection (with his handwritten tag), plated on page 54 of Medallic Portraits of Admiral Vernon (2010), by Adams and Chao, acquired from Jim King in June 1984.

Estimate: $500 - $1000