KarenHolcomb

Happy birthday Karen. It sure looks like a 102. I never save those myself they are cool in my book but not a eye catcher for the common man. You need magnification to see what we see. I am always looking for the 101 Double ear. but if you can get $25 for it more power to you.

Hey Fellers! Wuz up?! So you say it's my Birthday?! Yes, it's my Birthday today, Yeah! Whoop! Whoop! Currently serving a 30 day sentence on FB but I don't post Coins there anymore anyways. Only here. I answer questions there is all anymore.
Anyways, did I mention it's my Birthday? It is. It is. I swear it. 10:05a.m. July 30, 1969 @DeWitt ARMY Hospital Ft. Belvoir, VA Look me up. I was there. Made a grand entrance feet first and fighting all the way, I did. Now you all know I been difficult since the day I was born. TeeHee! 
Ok. Down to bitness then... This is my 1984 Lincoln Cent FS-01-1984-102(038) w/all the Markers that I currently have for sale at My Little Dot of the Bay for $25. I think it's a pretty good/great example and while it does have a lot of Die Abrasion all over, otherwise it's in ok condition with a nice strong Strike. So tonight I'm browsing and am seeing that there are others listed and sold that may be Red but also have terrible Strikes and black spots, etc and they are listed and selling for way more than my $25 asking price. Even up to $99! Why? Thanks. I love you guys and I mean it!!! 

@l.cutlerBoom! What a great answer. I absolutely 99.5% agree with @Oldhoopsterat his comment with the link. 99.5% being that every single Newbie to the Numismatic World must without exception watch or read at least 2 videos/articles about the entire Minting process from design to where the Coin enters that giant bin enroute to be rolled.  The .05%... I too want to know what caused whatever damage has been done to my Coin. Too few Experts either here, on other sites, or on FB are willing, or maybe even able, to answer that question. With a Coin like this one here it's obvious the culprit is fire, likely from a vise and a torch. It shows all the signs of it just how cutler explained. @Shawn11would have known hoopster was correct had he already taken the time and initiative to have viewed a few videos and none of the spooning argument would have followed.
I have a great PDF of the minting process from ancients to modern if anyone is interested. It's not been available for DL online in several years, idky that is but I had DLed it before it was removed. Only issue is that I can't share it via any method other than email unless someone would want 12 screenshots.  Let me know. Y'all have a great weekend. And put on a happy face! 😁

Bobby is right. The first place I looked to see if it really was a cud was on the lower reverse, opposite the cud. And, there it was: a weak "CENT.".
 
 
OP, please don't give this coin some cutsie name, like "LOAF OF BREAD ON LINCOLN'S HEAD, " or "CLUB-HEAD CENT."

Thank you for that link. I was able to submit my coin so they can add it. 

Thank you for your exceptional expertise and advice that is not only thorough but is also hilarious, friendly, kind and patient. Thanks to you there will be a lot less coins cowering in corner as I yell and scrub them to death. 

Okie doke Kim... The Zinc damage will only be on 1982-now Lincoln Cents that weigh in at or about 2.5g and can be on any part of a Coin. It can be opened with a hole or bubbled up everywhere but not broken and is kind of pretty, it can even be in a straight line resembling a Crack and we call those Linear Plating Blisters. There is even what we call Split Plating that looks as if the Copper has pulled away from the characters and left gaps everywhere. Check out error-ref.com when you have study time. All of this and more os covered on the site and in outline form. When a Lincoln is looking pinkish it's most likely one that been exposed to a vinegar or Ketchup, Hot Sauce, something like that. I know this because I did experiment with many condiment soaks of my Lincoln Cents way back when to see what would happen and the results were never good. Did you know that peroxide warmed in a wax warmer full of Lincoln's will eat away the entire Coin and leave only black powder behind? Now you do. That said, don't clean your Coins or at least don't yell when you do. These guys get very upset about that. And they are absolutely 100% correct when they say a Collector knows and a cleaned Coin that was worth $100 before being cleaned is worth maybe $10 after it's cleaned.  Especially Proofs or Halves and whole dollars any Coin that might be resellable you don't want to touch or clean in any way shape or form. HOWEVER... say you been out with your metal detector and dug up some Coins and you can't make heads or tails, hehe, of what they are... Then you can buy a $30 ultrasonic cleaner to get the surface dirt off of them. 
I hope this helped you gain a better understanding on Zincoln's. This is why I don't much fool with them at all. I look only for major Errors and Varieties like DD's and Die Clashes and put the rest right back into circulation. 

Start with distilled water in the basket first. Then evaluate the results. 

OMG! Lincky Pox!

Don’t scrub coins, as in never. 

This is the Cancer of Zinc Coins and is referred to as Zinc Rot. You will only see it on Lincoln Cents 1982 to present. It is caused by bubbles, for lack of a better word, between the layers of the Coin. When the Coin comes into contact with certain chemicals, unknown to me, they react and burst and this is the resulting look. It will transfer and effect other Zincoln's, so is best to rid yourself of them as soon as you get one. 

Wow, that is a doozy for sure. I like the one you have better than the 2nd one though. With his reputation a whip was my 1st thought when I saw the kite string. Lol! 
(Gawd I hope none of you are offended. Now that I've reread it my statement had nothing to do with slavery either).
Heck, should I just delete the whole thing? Smh

Or a really tiny bulldozer.

It looks like it was clamped in a pair of vice grips. Post Mint Damage 

The comment that it is slightly magnetic is the key to knowing that it was nickel plated.

Your instinct was correct. Stang's probably right about where it happened.

It’s been plated with something, sometimes they were plated with mercury or nickel as high school experiments.

Rare is an understatement. Virtually non-existent is more accurate. Two. Ever. Think about that. 

Clad coins are made of three layers, dis-similar metals expand differently when heated.  When heated there can be separating and bubbling of the layers but not necessarily opposite each other. The first time I saw damage like this I tried to recreate it by heating, sometimes the coin has no bulging at all, other times it is on one side and sometimes both.  Whether it is gas trapped between the layers, areas in the cladding that are not bonded as well or what I don't know.  When the whole coin is heated the damage on each side is seldom directly opposite, it is just wherever these "weakened" areas are. Your coin looks like it has seen a lot of wear after the heat damage, the bubbles have mostly been flattened back out.

Looks like heat damage to me also. 

...disturbed now comes to mind...

It doesn’t really matter the cause of the damage. The fact that this could not have happened during the striking of the coin is all that is needed to know. Damage is damage.

My first thought was fire/extreme heat.  Like @Oldhoopster said, it's hard to look at a coin and diagnose PMD with 100% accuracy.  However, this is PMD nonetheless.  I do not believe this to be a strikethrough.  
This coin is so damaged that it would not be worth submission regardless of the situation.  If you really believe you have something special, submission would be the only way to validate your suspicions. 

Wow, that is a doozy for sure. I like the one you have better than the 2nd one though. With his reputation a whip was my 1st thought when I saw the kite string. Lol! 
(Gawd I hope none of you are offended. Now that I've reread it my statement had nothing to do with slavery either).
Heck, should I just delete the whole thing? Smh