Hey everyone! it looks to me like Die chips that were peeled off or something. I don't think it's damage. ( Or maybe it's all about damage and I'm wasting your time)All the areas are raised above the surface. I won't say anything else that will make me sound more of an amateur that I already am! I need the experts' eyes! Thank you in advance!!!
Die chips are actually on the die....they can't be peeled off... What you have there are gas bubbles that popped, exposing the zinc core. Damage and a spender.
Thank you @furryfrog02 . Got it! The hair on top of Abe's head, confused me a lot. Still, I trust your word.
Remember the copper on most 1982 and post 82 cents is 8 micron thin copper plate on a zinc core puck. Zinc is cheap but bad for collector stuff like coins. Plating blistets, gas bubbles, super thin copper plating stretching and ripping. Just read up what happens when zinc is exposed to the air or even hot water or steam like as found in dryers. edit: I should add. once zinc starts going it is like water on a freezing day under a road. It lifts it up, splits it up. Except it doesn't stop. you can see all the lifting and stuff around the date. It's not going to stop until the entire cent is eaten away. @sunday13 You should keep this and put it in a glass jar in the sun, and return to it from time to time to see what happens to it. A good, cheap science experiment.
Nasty, those plating bubbles have opened up and exposed the zinc under the copper plating. It's a spender due to damage. Spend it before it erodes away.
