I cannot seem to find the right information on this cent. I took it to a coin show to let others see it believing that they would agree that it was pd. It ended up going thru a few dealers. They agreed that is may have found it's way into the bath for quarter solution and copper got washed off, except for the reverse side of the building (in the crevice of stairs). This confused me even more, then it was explained that the surface of the zinc is correct before applying copper.But solution washed it off and left a small amount of copper. Their advice was to send it to Fred Wisner (?) I may have gotton the last name wrong. Any thoughts on this. I have been trying to find any info online.
It has nothing to do with a "quarter bath" or getting "washed off". The planchet appears to be simply an upplated one. They slip though now and then. The coin appears to have cartwheel luster and is probably genuine. Do both sides cartwheel?
Yes they are both the same. The only thing is the slight copper on reverse side in the crevise of one of the stair steps that puts a question to it. I guess when enthusiasts get together it causes confusion with trying to put a cause and effect.
A bit more detail on Fred Weinberg http://www.fredweinberg.com/ He is probably the major error coin dealer in the US and has handled more error coins than anyone else in the world. He is also a very nice guy. Your 1992d zinc coin is interesting. My only concern is that your image appears to show some copper color in between the bottom of Lincoln's bust and the rim. If it shows copper, then it could be that someone was able to selectively remove just the copper cladding. If there is not copper in that area (and the "colorization" is an artifact of the image), then you might have a very interesting error coin.
Thank you for your answer! I am just gonna sent it in to Mr. Weinberg and end my swerling brain matter. I no longer trust my eyes in trying to tell the details, sometimes I see it sometimes I don't. I think it depends on the lighting. Again thank you.
