2022 P Lincoln Cent. (A Look At The Tip Of The Nose.)

@PetesPockets55 - Thanks for sharing your coin.
@Others - In this example without other errors in existence (except what -makecents- points out) does it add much value?
@Me - I feel at times I find examples of these, but talk myself out of it and say it is just shadows. Great example to learn from.

Silverthorn-
Thanks for commenting and that's why I posted this one.
I've seen this tip of the nose doubling before (early last year) and ignored it as MD.

I ignored it as well last weekend but after the 5th or 6th one in one batch of circulated cents a friend gave me to look through I looked a little closer and noticed the other areas. I set them aside and have compared them as a group.

I started to wonder if this might be master die doubling since I found so many in rapid succession and they might be more common than I thought. I only found 1 or 2 more after the initial group which is why I'm asking others if they have noticed any 2022 Lincoln's with this easy-to-see tip-of-the-nose doubling.

If there are a lot like this it might be master die doubling and if not, IMHO, it might be a DDO on an individual working die.

Thanks again and please let me know if anyone else has come across this doubling.
Here's an image of a marker on all of them so far. Die scratches (die flow lines?) at the base of the shoulder by VDB and lapel.

(This image exhibits some glare on the shoulder near the field which hides some of the die scratches but it's the only one I took of these so far.)

As mentioned, the are affected is flat, typical for Machine Doubling. on a doubled die, it will not be flat and lower than the design. It will be raised and enlarged showing spread/distorted devices. (From a Single Squeeze die)

Here's an update on this thread.
I posted this same info on a couple of sites to get some insight as to the cause. It generated enough interest that an expert in numismatics, Will Brooks, agreed to look at some coins in hand.
I was able to send off 13 coins, that had the doubling as described.

Here is his reply on another forum (used with his permission but underlining is by me):
" ..... I was definitely able to determine at least 3 different dies here. Since all have the same doubling on them, it must be a master die issue.... one set of 4 had the exact same 3 die dots around the F, and another set had the exact same heavy flow lines going from the shield into the the O, F, and A. A 3rd set had neither of these markers."

(Finding so many with the doubling was my first clue this was probably going to end up being master die issue. Different markers was the clincher.)

Thanks to all who looked this thread over and especially if you added some comments.

Cool findings! I look forward to seeing where this ends up.

Welcome and thanks for the reply.
I'm not sure I follow.

Are you saying all 2022's with this doubling are from glare or just the images I've posted? It is tough to get images of the eye for sure but I can assure you these images are representative of the coins when looking at them in hand. (I'd send you one but all the ones I found went to Will for his analysis.)

This is more of an informational thread for others to reference when they come across this doubling on the tip of the nose (it is the easiest part to spot.) This won't be rare or valuable for the same reason the Master die doubling on the 1972 P or 2017 P Lincoln cents aren't valuable or hard to find.

Will Brook's die study and analysis of the 13 coins I sent him was that he found three die pairs with the same doubling but different die markers. Those are classic indicators of master die doubling.

Thanks for clarifying. Sometimes my images are fine sometimes not so much and the glare does affect them, so I don't get offended at all.

And there aren't too many posts/threads about 2022 Lincoln cents that I've seen here or on other forums. you can search for the threads on this forum at the top left of all the pages in the "Search Coin Community" box. It can be very helpful.

I agree that original rolls of shield cents are torture to look at sometimes for any length of time. These were in a group a friend let me look through that he received in change. I remember having seen the tip of the nose earlier in 2022 but I may have ignored the doubling at that time due to the glare you mention.

I suspect more and more will pop up as more people spot the nose tip. Hopefully, you come across some yourself.