1984 Lincoln Memorial Cent DDO

:) And I definitely have no expertise either. I'd love for Copppercoins to comment or get some clear pictures.

Not a doubled die, and actually no doubling at all.

The lighting is playing tricks in the images.

The coin has a hump - a mound in the field around the 84 of the date, and there is a 'shadow' to the right of that area. This is caused by die wear and has nothing to do with doubling.

Some people just dont seem to understand Machine Doubling. Take a look at a coupla hundred Kennedy half dollars and you will see radical Machine Doubling.

You need to study what is and what isn't a doubled die. Once you get familiar with one or the other, you can easily pick out what you are looking at.

There will always be a few that are tricky to ID but those of us who have seen thousands of doubled dies and most of the known varieties and then have seen literally a million examples of Machine Doubling. don't have a problem telling the difference.

I am usually reluctant to be definitive when pictures could be better (on occasion) but even when the pictures aren't perfect, there is usually enough to go by so that an experienced eye can tell the difference.

Sigh...perhaps it's just a trick of the light, or the fact I'm not enough of a Lincoln specialist to tell the difference. Not that I'm an ignoramus regarding DDs, lol...I have cherrypicked a few already with poorer photos than these. Let the experts make the call...but I'd still like to see bigger/sharper pics, which would undoubtedly make it clear to me.