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MG 30, Adams & Chao PBv 5-D

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Great Britian, 1739. Admiral Vernon Medal, McCormick-Goodhart #30, Porto Bello, Adams & Chao PBv 5-D, listed as R-6. Vernon 1/2 length facing 3/4 left. Finger of right hand touches the line of the legend below angle. Legend reads Admiral Vernon Took Porto Bello. The reverse shows 6 ships entering the harbor configured 2, 1, 3. At botom is Nov 22. The year 1739 to right in the legend area. The legend reads With Six Ships Only. A steeple is to the left of S in Ships. Size is 27 mm and weight 5.58 grams. Listed in MG as a scarcer variety.

Provenance:

Kurt Krueger Auction; May 28, 1986, Sale 1986 Spring Americana/Exonumia, lot #4117
Eugene Hamlin, Jr
NASCA Auction; The Wayte Raymond sale, May 1978, lot #4494

Item record created July 3, 2009.
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