1739 Capture of Porto Bello Medal

Value of 1739 Porto Bello Taken Medal

This medal celebrated the accomplishment of Admiral Edward Vernon overtaking Porto Bello, a Spanish port in Panama that oversaw the shipping of gold and silver back to Europe. Vernon overtook the harbor with only six ships, as he had prophesied to Parliament. The English celebrated the victory with many medals. The obverse of this medal features a figure of Vernon facing three-quarters to the left with his baton in left hand. The legend states, “Admiral Vernon took Porto Bello”. Reverse, displays the six ships as they enter the harbor. Around the image declares, “With Six Ships Only, November 22, 1739”, with four dot stars separating each word. Two steeples point upwards, one towards the “p” and the other between the “s” and the “o”.