1972-S Lovely Lincoln Cent

Hi All,

I've had quite the time today trying to get a picture good enough to show what I'm asking about.. unfortunately, I'm not having the greatest luck. Hopefully I can give the picture and explain well enough.

I have a 1972-S Lincoln Penny that was making my eyes cross every time I looked at the reverse. I don't have the greatest vision, so I didn't think much of it. Now that I've started my so-called 'inventory', however, I took a closer look.. and all the lettering looks slightly doubled. Just slight, not enough to tell at just a glance, but under a lighted 10x you can REALLY tell. So, I tried to get a picture so I could zoom in and tell for sure, but then I couldn't get a picture even half as clear as what I could see in the lighted loupe.

So to make a long story much shorter, here's the best of the pictures and the question: Is there really any doubling on the reverse of this penny, or is it just my eyes? In the picture, it's more obvious on "E PLURIBUS UNUM" but in the 10x loupe it's on all the lettering and the monument. I could not find anything like this in the varieties listed at multiple sites. I've found a boatload with obverse doubling (wow, are THOSE pretty!), but none with reverse doubling.





Thanks so much for everyone's help.. I really appreciate the patient responses, and the explanations go far in helping me understand better.