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Browse Catalogue of Stack's January 2006 Auction Limited to: The John J. Ford, Jr. Collection: Part 13 → The John J. Ford, Jr. Collection of Betts Medals, Part I: Medals Illustrative of Early American History Page 1 of 12  •  First  Previous  Next  Last  • Goto Page Categories  •  Stack's January 2006 → The John J. Ford, Jr. Collection: Part 13 → The John J. Ford, Jr. Collection of Betts Medals, Part I: Medals Illustrative of Early American History → The Vernon Medals, 1739 - 1741 Print these Realized Prices! You'll need the Adobe PDF Reader to view and/or print the prices realized sheet. Lot # Description Grade Hammer Price 523 Undated. Unnamed EF $400.00 Vernon and Brown/Robert Walpole led to hellmouth. McCormick-Goodhart 18. Nearly Extremely Fine. 193.2 gns. 37.5 mm. Dark olive brown. Edge cracked, old scratches. 524 1739. Portobello UNC $750.00 Royal arms/Portobello. McC-G.20. Uncirculated. 189.0 gns. 38.6 mm. Nice light golden brown. 525 1739. Portobello VF $450.00 Vernon/Portobello. McC-G.33. Very Fine. 79.0 gns. 25.8 mm. Brown. Quite rough. 526 1739. Portobello CH EF $600.00 Vernon/Portobello. McC-G.38. Choice Extremely Fine. 252.0 gns. 40.9 mm. Raised rims. Very nice deep brown with touches of original bright gold color. 527 1739. Portobello EF $500.00 Vernon/Portobello. McC-G.41. Extremely Fine. 84.0 gns. 26.4 mm. Fairly even deep brown. 528 1739. Portobello VF $350.00 Vernon/Portobello. McC-G.45. Very Fine. 277.1 gns. 36.1 mm. Two tone. High relief on both sides. 529 Undated. Portobello AU $250.00 Vernon/Portobello. McC-G.47. About Uncirculated. 241.9 gns. 36.9 mm. Nice golden brown. Somewhat tight on the left obverse. 530 Undated. Portobello VF $3,750.00 Vernon/Portobello. McC-G.50. Silver. Very Fine. 291.3 gns. 37.3 mm. Pale silver gray obverse, slightly darker on the back. Chased. Very rare. 531 Undated. Portobello CH AU $550.00 Vernon/Portobello. McC-G.50. Choice About Uncirculated. 237.3 gns. 37.1 mm. Light gold and brown. Reverse rim broken. 532 1739. Portobello EF $350.00 Vernon/Portobello. McC-G.56. Extremely Fine. 232.8 gns. 38.0 mm. Dark brown. Obverse scratched. 533 1739. Portobello UNC $950.00 Vernon/Portobello. McC-G.63A. Uncirculated. 234.0 gns. 37.8 mm. Mixed two tone brown and gold. McCormick-Goodhart's ''striated reverse'' variety. Nice, sharp Vernon portrait. 534 1739. Portobello VF $250.00 Vernon/Portobello. McC-G.65. Very Fine. 79.7 gns. 27.1 mm. Dark. Dumb when struck, as made. 535 1739. Portobello CH AU $650.00 Vernon/Portobello. McC-G.66. Choice About Uncirculated. 83.2 gns. 27.4 mm. Nice light olive gold. 536 1739. Portobello VF $350.00 Vernon/Portobello. McC-G.67. Very Fine. 75.3 gns. 27.0 mm. Deep brown and light gold. 537 1739. Portobello VF $400.00 Vernon/Portobello. McC-G.68. Very Fine. 262.8 gns. 37.2 mm. Nice light golden brown. Large sails reverse type. 538 1739. Portobello EF $4,500.00 Vernon/Portobello. McC-G.70. Silver. Extremely Fine. 243.4 gns. 37.7 mm. Light silver gray and gold on both sides. Chased. Obverse scratched at right. Rims as made. Very rare. 539 1739. Portobello VF $2,200.00 Vernon/Portobello. McC-G.71. Silver. Very Fine. 294.8 gns. 37.3 mm. Medium silver gray. Soft in the centers. Probably once mounted. Very rare. 540 Undated. Portobello EF $1,900.00 Vernon/Portobello. McC-G.83. Extremely Fine. 138.2 gns. 25.6 x 34.5 mm. oval. Brown. Rough cast as made with integral mount points. Extremely rare. 541 1739. Portobello CH AU $850.00 Vernon/Portobello. McC-G.95. Choice About Uncirculated. 190.1 gns. 38.0 mm. Nice medium brown. Slight reverse rim problem. 542 1739. Portobello CH EF $2,200.00 Vernon/Portobello. McC-G.96. Silver plated. Choice Extremely Fine. 261.1 gns. 40.3 mm. Medium silver gray, darker on the back. Chased. Dumb, edge cracked. Very rare. Ford believed this specimen to be a full silver specimen. 543 1739. Portobello AU $350.00 Vernon/Portobello. McC-G.96. About Uncirculated. 244.0 gns. 40.6 mm. Nice, deep brown color. 544 1739. Portobello UNC $500.00 Vernon/Portobello. McC-G.103. Uncirculated. 216.7 gns. 38.8 mm. Good, rich gold reverse, mottled on the front. Rim broken. 545 1739. Portobello CH AU $550.00 Vernon/Portobello. McC-G.113. Choice About Uncirculated. 235.7 gns. 38.3 mm. Gold and brown. Reverse rim soft at left, as made. Old obverse corrosion spot in the upper left field. 546 1739. Portobello UNC $1,000.00 Vernon/Portobello. McC-G.123. Uncirculated. 246.9 gns. 38.3 mm. Deep gold and brown. Corrosion area above the cannon. 547 1739. Portobello UNC $3,250.00 Vernon/Portobello. McC-G.128. Silver plated. Uncirculated. 227.1 gns. 38.2 mm. Light silver gray. Sharply struck. Very rare. 548 1739. Portobello UNC $850.00 Vernon/Portobello. McC-G.129. Uncirculated. 230.6 gns. 37.8 mm. Brown and deep gold. Some corrosion spots. 549 1739. Portobello VF $250.00 Vernon/Portobello. McC-G.129. Very Fine. A second. 199.7 gns. 37.7 mm. Brown and gold. 550 1739. Portobello CH AU $900.00 Vernon & Brown/Portobello. McC-G.137. Choice About Uncirculated. 233.8 gns. 37.8 mm. Brown and gold. Some corrosion spots, old scratches. 551 1739. Portobello CH AU $1,100.00 Vernon & Brown/Portobello. McC-G.140. Choice About Uncirculated. 235.2 gns. 37.3 mm. Brown and gold. Some spots. Raised rims. 552 1739. Portobello AU $3,500.00 Vernon & Brown/Portobello. McC-G.142. Silver plated. About Uncirculated. 228.0 gns. 38.3 mm. Lovely light silver gray and gold. Obverse die broken. Vernon portrait soft. Dumb, several edge cracks. Very rare. Ford believed this to be some sort of silver alloy, and it very well might be. Page 1 of 12  •  First  Previous  Next  Last  • Goto Page

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