1997 Lincoln DDO?

realatoinwi, I've been looking at your picture and would lean to agreeing with byrn1315's opinion that your coin is showing the effects of ' Machine Doubling' adding no addional value.tips that my help is to veiw your coin focusing on the doubled parts too determine whether or not tey are flat looking verses being rounded: as doubled dies exhibit rounding effects.also look at the (in this case) the ( .top.)letters having second devices that are parallel to the devices(.bottom.) like the E having two parallel devices would likely show same doubling on top of middle(short arn) of E and the lowest(bottom)part of E.on the upper part of these devices same as the top parts that are doubled ..hope that this makes some sortta sense..on the up side there are at least two doubeled dies for the 97-P linc's one being the doubled ear and second one doubled IN GOD WE TRUST area same as yours...bear in mind this is just my Two Cents worth for what it's worth I use a QX5 myself..

I have a picture of a 1955 DDO that I found in some coins my grandfather gave me to let you see what doubling looks like

Thanks for the info guys, I've pretty much got a good idea of what the difference is between machine & hub doubling; however, there are some instances where it's just not possible (for me) to tell the difference. This happens to be one of them. I'll need to search through the posts and find out what people are using for magnification purposes--I know I read one regarding a computer-ready microscope. This would help me immensely, as well as you, for picture purposes. If anyone knows of any good (yet inexpensive--yes, an oxymoron) microscopes which are computer-compatible, please let me know!

Thanks again for your time!

- realtor