Is This A Genuine Double Struck 1988 Lincoln Cent?

<--- no expert what so ever but the reverse looks like overheated and dragged outward. Like how they spread heated glass.

Interesting thought eyez, but I think the dishing on the obverse indicates that the coin was impressed with another cent sized object(either an actual cent, a die, or something else), but not necessarily during striking

That was my consideration as well silverwolf, but the reverse side should still retain it's devices, just distorted, like this nickel: https://coins.ha.com/itm/errors/194...1108-11390.s

the reverse of this one is mangled

So many possible layers You guys are awesome in how the pics of the coin gets picked apart from so many different angles. Resulting in so many theories.
Way over my head as I am a on hands visual kind of person.
What I am sure I dont know is where you acquired this?
I am intrigued. I see similar error coins posted all of the time, either through a original thread or more so through samples in the literature.
I know through normal distribution a coin shaped like this would not make it to change I receive from Walmart.
So is this an item you purchased, or something you happened to come across?
I guess what I am wondering is how a person has access to coins that obviously will not fit in a coin roll?

spence, I believe the nickel I posted the link to had a planchet on either side of it during the second strike, sandwiching it. The planchet cushioned the coin from getting an impression from the die and just spread the already existing devices.

altec, this is a coin I purchased a little while ago, but errors like these(assuming it is one) were usually found when bags of cents were ordered, not rolls. I don't think that is done anymore.

I agree coin frog! definitely looks off.

This coin was damaged outside the Mint. It is not a mint error.

great learning piece regardless Adam.