I'm trying to figure out the color/texture, especially on the reverse. It looks for all the world like post-mint corrosion, but I don't know what would spare so much of the exposed zinc...?
It has it's good looks and bad looks, from my monitor is see more negative looks than original. The obverse doesn't seem as bad. Tell US that the coin is a result of a best possible example of an altered dipped coin.... Please.
I don't really see anything suspicious about that seeing this coin is defective. Check out the obverse of the 1985 cent below at around 10 o'clock; same exact pattern
The patterns and seemingly random areas of plating/missing plating is all over the place on these coins. There is no consistent pattern they follow due to where and how contaminants play a factor in terms of where the plating bonds
@JCro57 Very nice examples of partially plated cents. Adding the damaged and plated pieces for comparison makes this a good educational thread.
Believe me, it's got to be a really interesting and educational post to get me to click "Like" on images of Zincolns.