Watch List notes:

Great Britain, copper alloy Admiral Vernon medal, 1739, Vernon and Brown / Porto Bello, ex-Adams (plate). AC-PBvb5H. 15.17 grams; 38 mm. Dark, matte UNC (the AC photo lighter than reality), sharply struck and choice despite a lack of luster and original color. XRF: 45.69% copper, 47.56% zinc, 5.07% lead. Pedigreed to the John Adams Collection (with his handwritten tag), plated on page 118 of Medallic Portraits of Admiral Vernon (2010), by Adams and Chao.


Estimate: 500 - 1000 USD