2000 Nickel DDR? If Not Then What?

I found this nickel which has extremely thick print on the reverse. It's so clost that the letters are touching, especially the "NI" in "UNITED". Could this be a DDR, is that why the letters are so fat? Does this have any value to it?



Here you can see it compared to a normal nickel on the right



Here you can see how smooshed together the letters are. They look like cartoony bubble letters.



Here's the obverse which is completely normal looking