1968 D LMC - Another MD ?

Even through the letters appear thick I think it's a form of Die Deterioration Doubling

JAZEC

There's a lot of sites to help I.D. the difference between MD and something else. Here's one that might help in your endeavor; http://www.geocities.com/NCADD/educational1.html

NO The images on the coin are not flat if you look close enough there more spread out and distorted and raised Die Deterioration Doubling. Look At the pick again the image is raised on the E and there's indication of die wear on the fields You will find various stages of extra thickness on the letters due to die wear JAZEC

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Jazzcoins - From your post above I am convinced that you wouldn't know Die Deterioration Doubling if it reached up and slapped some sense into you. This coin does NOT exhibit Die Deterioration Doubling, and I would appreciate it if you would stop contradicting people around here just to hear your brains rattle. You have no clue what you are saying, and it confuses people who don't know the difference. Why don't you leave the teaching up to the people who actually know something!

I get so tired of this.

To prove Chuck's point, everyone find a nice AU or BU 1968 D or 1968 S cent.

Then find a nice 1969 D or a 1969 S cent.

Now compare the features of both.

The coins from '68 were made with badly worn master hubs that were used to make master dies that looked like mush. The resulting working hubs and working dies looked even worse.

On some coins the details of Lincoln's bust are almost non-existent and the L of LIBERTY as well as the Letters of IN GOD WE TRUST practically mesh with the rims.

The coins from 1969 are crisper and clearer as a result of new hubs being created and used.

The coin at the top of the thread is what almost any 1968 dated cent looks like.
Thanks,
Bill