1936 Buffalo Nickel: DDO Or Just Convincingly Smooshed?

Would you be willing to post a few additional photos? There is a chance that this could be 1936 FS-101/DDO-001/WDDO-001, but that can be a beast to differentiate from circulation wear or contact marks on more circulated coins.

EDIT: On the higher grade coins, the doubling on the lower curl of the "9" and the upper loop of the "B" in LIBERTY are clear, and the markers are easy to verify. IMHO, if there isn't clear evidence for this DDO, it simply has to be chalked up to "we'll never know."

There are a few die markers that aren't well flagged on the two major sites, probably because they aren't consistent through all of the die states.
Obverse:
There are multiple very short north-south die scratches throughout the part in the Indian's hair.
There are light but long die scratches directly from the tip of the third feather passing very close to the second feather to the rim.
The hoof clash is sometimes visible just above the lower bar of the "L" in LIBERTY. This is an iffy and generally later die state marker.
There are very short WSW-ENE die polishing lines from the lower right crossbar on the "E" to the immediate left area of the left leg pof the "R" in LIBERTY.
There is a small, light die crack running W-E along the very bottom of the Indian's nostril
On middle and later die states, there is a light W-E die crack through the middle of the second feather, turning sharply S-N on the inside right of that feather.
The tip of the lower curl in the "9" is doubled. This rarely is visible on more circulated coins.

Reverse:
There are SE-NW die polishing lines between the buffalo's rear legs. on middle and later die states, these run counter to the direction of predominant polishing between the rear legs and forelegs
On some coins, there are very small die gouges above the ankle on the buffalo's left foreleg. These are not always visible, even on higher grade coins.

Would it be possible to see photos of:
The part in the Indian's hair, especially just to the right of the feather tie
just the ER of LIBERTY, with good lighting in the tiny gap between the lower crossbar of the "E" and the "R"
The bottom of the Indian's nostril
The area from the tip of the third feather to the rim next to the second feather, and also showing the middle of the second feather
a better lit view of the space between the buffalo's rear legs

My hunch is that this coin will prove to be circulation wear or be impossible to verify, but it's worth a closer look just to give it a shot. Here is your obverse photo with the 5 areas of obverse interest circled:

fortcollins, as always, I am impressed by your encyclopedic knowledge of markers on these coins!

I fear that circulation has erased all the tiny forensic clues, but I think I have received far more than $1.74 worth of education on this thread. I will definitely go through the PCGS image catalog later and scour the mint state coins for these markers.

I thought that would be the eventual conclusion on this coin, but it was still a fun exercise. Thanks for all the knowledge. =) The coin had a long acetone soak today, so these are the final pictures. The flip will get labeled "Candidate DDO, unconfirmed due to wear".

Nice coin Brand and thanks to ForthCollins for shearing that knowledge .

That has been one of the confusing aspects in looking at Buffalo nickel varieties. Markers can seem to disappear between stages. Also, the Wexler catalog often lists written markers with no photos. The old CONECA listings on Variety Vista only show the selected areas. The only source of full coin photos is PCGS, and for some varieties (like this one) the TrueView coins are limited.

I went through the PCGS listings and located one coin with the nose crack and feather crack. The DDO features vary on many other coins, to the point where I wonder if multiple similar die are represented. (Worth noting, I have a suspicion that the most heavily circulated specimen represented isn't actually FS-101 at all).