Is This Doubling Or Not?

What could it be

Well, Conder101, there are lots of post 1907 varieties termed RPD by the collecting community, so whether you want to call it that on technicalities or not, that's how many people call it. Oh - are you on a crusade to fix the collecting world? That's cool - what should we call it then? I'll go with you if it makes sense! : )

That's a MUCH better picture Marcools! From that angle it definitely looks like a form of doubling.

It is not doubling. It is Die Deterioration. You can tell where the die shifted to the left. Coop has a great demonstration of this.

There is also split plating on the SE corner of the mint mark. And everyone else nailed the area by the date as Die Deterioration.

Images help us to see and retain information for a longer time.

No premium for Die Deterioration Doubling. But if you like it, keep it as an educational piece.

In US coins there are overdates from doubled dies, and there are repunched mintmarks, but with the possible exception of some Indian Head cents or V nickels there are no RPD after the 1907 - 09 period. (it was during this period when they were switching from punched dates to dates on the master hub.) If someone describes a later piece as being a RPD they are either being lazy or sloppy, or they don't know what they are talking about and their opinions should be taken with a grain of salt or at least viewed with skepticism.

The reason I try to be a stickler for using the correct terms is there are always people trying to learn and telling them the wrong terms just leads to confusion and the newbie later has to relearn what he was incorrectly told before. For those who answer questions and are teaching, using the wrong terms does the student a disservice.