Howdy,
I've been doing research about coins which have been in fire, and I wanted to use this forum to reach out to share and discuss with other collectors.
I have a coin which has "bubbling" marks, it's a silver Danish 4 Skilling 1694. I originally thought it was a planchet error and I was going to sell it, because it has black toning and I didn't like it that much, but now I think it could be a fire coin.
It has bubbling (or blistering as some people call it) on both sides, and is very black despite idiot me trying to polish it when I first bought it. I think there were a lot of fires in Denmark at this time, there was an exhibit about it in the Copenhagen museum. I don't know if it sits well with me that this coin could have come from a fire which killed somebody.
I've seen a photo or two online of other coins which have blistering, here:
Do you think there could be other causes for rippling? Do you have any fire damaged coins? What are your thoughts in general about collecting coins which have been affected or bear scars of where they have been? Look forward to hearing your comments