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Treasure Auction 32  3-4 Nov 2022
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Lot 1195

Starting price: 325 USD
Price realized: 475 USD
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Great Britain, copper alloy Admiral Vernon medal, 1741, Vernon, Ogle and Wentworth / Cartagena, ex-Adams. AC-CAvow1A. 14.10 grams; 39 mm. Dark AU- with satin-smooth fields exhibiting muted luster, high dentillated rims, similar obverse as Porto Bello issue with lion cubs in reference to ones born at the Tower of London menagerie at the time and named after Vernon and Ogle. XRF: 42.79% copper, 50.57% zinc, 5.30% lead. Pedigreed to the John Adams Collection (with his handwritten tag), acquired from Richard Margolis in August 1983.

Estimate: $400 - $600
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