wow, ok, way too many images to start off with. But they are very well taken and show the MD quite well. In my opinion this type of Machine Doubling was caused by a very loose setup of the machine causing a slight rotation and some bouncing creating the multiple layers we see here.
The last 2 pictures (the ones just before the full coin images) show Reed Marks on the ear and at the edge of the neck. (contact of a reeded edge of another reeded coin).
Thank you Dearborn. sorry about the amount of pics. Just messing around with a usb microscope I just got. If I post again I will lay off that many again. The reed mark info was super cool to learn. Very helpful.
On the larger coins, the Machine Doubling is often seem more on these. Just a dollar coin. Looks like the MD was not in a single direction, but the machine was very loose and rotated CCW slightly altering the devices in a rotated pattern. Just a normal coin now.
@pdw, first welcome to CCF. Second, when you see doubling that is step-like in appearance and decreases the width of the letters, that is going to be Machine Doubling. You got it right on this one.
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