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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Insider, post: 2303857, member: 24314&quot;]Hey books, thanks for the tip.&nbsp; I learned a new word: Craquelure.</p><p><br /></p><p>This coin still looks like fire damage.&nbsp; I have several in silver but no copper.&nbsp; One very outside chance: It could be possible that the coin was buried but I highly doubt it.&nbsp; The chemicals in the ground would then attack weak areas of the coin&#039;s surface.&nbsp; Early silver coins 1700&#039;s - 1800&#039;s can be found with what the ANACS (in DC) authenticators named &quot;Selective Corrosion.&quot;&nbsp; This effect left the surface of the piece (most pressure from the die) pretty much intact while the letters were visible (where the should be) yet corroded away flat. In fifty years of active collecting I have never seen the cracked surface on the 1C except for fire damage.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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