Ayojustin, 5th Person To Find 1982 P Lincoln Cent DDR?

DDR-001 is a Small Date variety, you have a Large Date coin.

with the expert opinion stated right above this reply.

David

So is it or is it not a DDR?

I'm just showing the date to determine weather it's a small or large date.

The date you are showing is alarge date justin-and I agree that I'm not seeing any doubling either-pics are little blurry but I believe you are seeing die deteriation doubling on some of the devices from what I can make out...also if you look at a couple large dates and small dates you will start to pickup on a discernable hump on the 2 of the small date(the hump is in between the base of the 2 and the upper loop on that part)

That is what we are saying.

Sometimes the light can create reflections that will look like doubling, sometimes the doubling is real, but it is due to Die Deterioration or Mechanical Doubling which are both worthless to collectors.

Keep looking, there are many real doubled dies out there waiting to be discovered!

Sometimes it's difficult to find a good hard strike on those early 80s pennies as many of them are blurry to begin with even in perfect condition. Supposedly the 1982 DDR001 (maybe even the one in the referenced photo) was somewhat difficult to photograph (the photographer took months to get it perfect) and could possibly be due to this. I'm definitely no expert, but I have something similar that was difficult to photograph and clearly shows doubling in the right conditions. My coin also exhibits late die stage, die fatigue characteristics, numerous zinc zits (no rot though) and maybe a rim error, further compounding already difficult photograph coin, so maybe you should take it to somebody who really knows how to photograph these things to see what you have for sure before you pop it in the Gumball Machine... Just my 2x cents.