I hail from Denver...so says Lincoln 1985 D...all over?

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Looks like Zinc Rot from Plating Blisters in my opinion .

 

But why all the d's?

 

What do you mean? d's?

 

Rotated and Flipped while being struck and likely got jammed and slammed? just guessing here.

 

In person these are all d's

 

Amazing.

 

I would get it graded by a TPG after someone can explain the proper mint error to submit it as.

 

IMO they're not Ds. Plating blisters that look like the letter D. (Called pareidolia).

 

Except that they don't kind of form a d, they are D's.

 

The only way they could be the letter D is from a dropped letter. Your arrows point to four Ds. One dropped letter on a coin is very rare. What's the probability of having 4 dropped letters on the same coin? If you think they are the letter D send the coin to a TPG and have it authenticated. If it's what you think it is, you would fetch a small fortune at any auction. Here's what a true dropped letter looks like:


The letter A (circled in red) is the dropped letter. You can find more info on this at error-ref.com.
You should also ask an error coin expert to look at your coin. One of the best is a member on Coin Talk. @Fred Weinberg
Best of luck to you.

 

Thank you.

 

It's just a figment of your imagination.

 

Look like plating blisters that have been popped like a pimple. Find a blister and push it down with your fingernail or a toothpick.

 

I guess I would have to see it in person, then. They don't look like D's from the pictures. Not to my old, lion eyes, anyway.

 

It's a pretty good imagination

 

They are absolutely not D's. The copper plating is approx 8 microns thick (0.0003"). Once it's breached from a scratch or a plating blister breaks, the zinc underneath can start to corrode and cause the plating to bubble up. You can see a lot of corrosion on the reverse as well

Ever see paint on a car fender start to bubble up when there is rust underneath? Same concept.

 

So now you got her checking her car fender for Ds. Brilliant!

 

She's brilliant not taken in by a few texts!

 

Those might look like D’s but they are just the zinc core rotting under the thin copper coating. They can appear anywhere on the coin, at anytime and they take any shape or size they desire.