Watch List notes:

Great Britain, copper alloy Admiral Vernon medal, 1739, Vernon and ship and cannon / Porto Bello, ex-Adams (plate), ex-Craige. AC-PBvi12O. 13.55 grams; 39 mm. Lustrous UNC in dark brassy olive color, sharply struck, a distinctive variety for having the N's on obverse correctly rendered (not reversed). XRF: 39.93% copper, 53.88% zinc, 3.93% lead. Pedigreed to the John Adams Collection (with his handwritten tag), plated on page 96 of Medallic Portraits of Admiral Vernon (2010), by Adams and Chao, and to the Ted Craige Collection.


Estimate: 500 - 1000 USD