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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Collecting Nut, post: 3731459, member: 74863&quot;]Many, many years ago and a few more years after that my old coin shop burnt to the ground. You can have melted metal in all shapes and sizes, without having less/more metal here or there.</p><p><br /></p><p>The coin can show no evidence of heating as well. Not all clad coins separate in heat, even from a fire. There are many factors to be considered, a few are:</p><p><br /></p><p>*Where did the fire start?</p><p>*How close to the fire were the affected coins?</p><p>*The storage of the coins at the time of the fire.</p><p>*The manner in which the fire was fought by trained fire fighters.</p><p>*Even cold water to fight the fire can cause differences in the coin afterwards.</p><p><br /></p><p>And lots more. From the same fire I have seen coins with a portion of the coins surface melted that showed no signs of heat damage. No blistering, no bumps, no smoke, soot or flame damage. And another coin found inches, yes, inches away had a small piece of wood charred into attracted to the surface of an identical coin. The charred wood and what was left of the coin became one solid piece, never to be separated.</p><p><br /></p><p>I know I&#039;m talking about a fire with intense heat but I&#039;m also refuting your comments about heat and damage. I had 2 coins I purchased from my dealer but both were stolen by my ex-wife. No photos exist as this happened before cell phones were invented but Captain Kirk was telling Scotty to &quot;beam me up&quot; on a communicator which was the idea behind the flip phone.</p><p><br /></p><p>In other words, it has happened and it will continue to do so. If it&#039;s damaged, which your quarter is, it&#039;s damaged. Why, how and by whom don&#039;t matter.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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