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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Oldhoopster, post: 2882250, member: 84179&quot;]I think you&#039;re right about a fire.&nbsp; My guess is that a molten material came in contact with the coin and reacted with the copper.&nbsp; On the right side above the date it looks like the material is slightly raised.&nbsp; If the melted area formed a slightly different composition, the crack could have occurred during cooling.&nbsp; The black residue is probably left over from the fire.</p><p><br /></p><p>Copper melts at around 2000F but other common metals like zinc and aluminum melt at lower temps, so fire may not have been hot enough to melt the copper, but still melt other stuff</p><p><br /></p><p>There are as many ways for a coin to get damaged as there are coins.&nbsp; I don&#039;t think anyone can say for certain but that&#039;s my guess[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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