Watch List notes:

Great Britain, copper alloy Admiral Vernon medal, 1739, Vernon and Lezo / Porto Bello, ex-Adams (plate). AC-PBvl7E. 10.89 grams; 38 mm. Dark chocolate-brown XF with a few old marks, unusually high rims, a scarce variety that "tend[s] to be found in lower condition" (Adams-Chao). XRF: 42.22% copper, 50.29% zinc, 6.05% lead. Pedigreed to the John Adams Collection (with his handwritten tag), plated on page 132 of Medallic Portraits of Admiral Vernon (2010), by Adams and Chao, acquired from Christopher Eimer in 2003.


Estimate: 300 - 450 USD