1980 LMC With Doubling--WDDO-001?

You can see the differences when you view the normal and the DDO side by side.

Your coin is not a doubled die. Circulation flattening happened to it. In oreder to be from that die, all hub doubling must be present. Take a look again at the side by sides to see the enlargement of the doubled dies. Your coin is a normal example. Thus why I posted the side by sides.

I see absolutely zero evidence of doubling on this coin, so when you say to look at the LIBERTY and Abe's bowtie, I'm not really sure what it is you want me to see. Everything about this coin looks like the thousand other 1980 cents I've looked at (none of which have been the DDO either, sadly). It's a fairly scarce variety, and there don't seem to be any other notable DDOs for this date as Wexler and Variety Vista have no other DDO listings besides the big one (which, since a lot of people are checking for the big one and looking at this date in the process, suggests to me that there really aren't many if any other listing-worthy DDOs to be found.

I am also not seeing any evidence of doubling.



Not sure what separation you're referring to, but if there is no enlargement to the devices, then there is no doubling. Doubling will always enlarge the devices. If it is not, then whatever effect you are seeing May be caused by DDD, contact marks on the devices, reflection ( even if you are just using a single filtered light source), etc.

I see a hit on the south of B in LIBERTY, and reflection in the north.

Circulation flattening on the date, and a few small hits to the 8 and 0.

I looked at the images again on this coin and am still puzzled. Here is another photo of LIBER with my lines highlighting the portions of the letters that look doubled, and another photo of the bowtie and vest with arrows highlighting the doubling. I don't want to beat a dead horse---I just want to learn what is causing these devices to appear in this way which I
would not call normal.

On the first photo, all of the letters in LIBER appear to have separation ridging that is east and south. In particular, look at the bottom of the letter E for this separation ridging.


On the second photo see the arrow pointing north which highlights an area of the bowtie (the area between the two black dots) where there is doubling. The two arrows pointing west highlight the areas where there is doubling on the vest.


Is this just from circulation flattening, or something else?
Thanks for your input.

Much obliged Jim0815. I assume by your response that you also see the doubling on this coin which I highlighted. Others have flatly responded "there is no doubling" which I find really surprising. I don't know if it is DDO. If I want confirmation up or down, is there a reason you suggest Variety Vista as opposed to Wexler?

With all due respect, you wanted the opinion of the group, and several of us have chimed in with our opinion. It seems you are convinced otherwise despite the opinions given, so send it in for attribution and prove us wrong.

My only other input: the areas you have pointed out on LIBERTY and the bow tie look to be some slight DDD.

Die Deterioration Doubling ( DDD) is neither an error nor a variety. It is just a product of die state (part of the normal life and aging process of a die). It is a form of doubling in that it makes affected areas appear doubled, but it is worthless.