2017-P Shield Series Penny- What Do You Think?

Die Deterioration (die wear) is caused by the die getting worn from striking coins. As the die continuously strike coins, the die will slowly begin to break down, and the design will get weaker with every strike. We will often categorize the different die states, to describe what state the die was in. They're Early Die State, Mid Die State, Late Die State, and the last one would be Very Late Die State.

The OP's coin is starting to show heavy die flow lines on the top of "TRUST", stretching of the letter on "TRUST" (starting to slowly merge to the rim), and the details are starting to get mushy.

As others have said, the word TRUST is distorted by Die Deterioration. You can clearly see the formation of a " Ridge Ring" just inside the design rim. Plating disturbance doubling can have a similar appearance, but it can occur in the absence of Die Deterioration and can be significantly more offset.

Yes, thank you all! I'm starting to see what may be a good coin compared to the ones that are just slightly off.

I'll keep on searching.