Questions Concerning High Rims On Lincoln Cents

I agree with jimmy.

Die wear is affecting the fields on the areas in question. But the high rims are normal for the year of the coin. 1973 cents have even higher rims. Note on the areas near the date next to the rim? Those are die flow lines forming. Not really a later die state at this point. On TRUST, that area looks like toning as being the color change. Note a rise of the fields, just color change of the aging cent. On the letters of the motto, next to the rim, that is how the dies back then showed their die wear. When the dies got really worn, the devices would actually move towards the rim a lot more:

So what you are seeing on your coin is a coin with medium die wear, that will continue to breakdown during the hundreds of thousands more coin that are struck with these. Just part of the aging process. Kind of a middle aged die at this point. It is not a doubled die or Machine Doubling, just die wear. On the 'R', it looks like something damaged that device, flattening the device into the field on that area. The 'R' used to look like this: