I'm no expert but my thoughts are zinc rot or small gas bubbles. But I'm sure some experts will be able to tell you for sure. And welcome to error hunting. Once you start you can't stop
Our fellow enthusiasts are correct. Gas bubbles under the thin copper plating. Once it separates from the zinc (substrate metal), the zinc is susceptible to oxidation which promotes hydrozincite (a.k.a. zinc rot).
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