Your 'doubling' is flattened down and takes-up some of the normal shape of the letters. This is Machine Doubling - classic example.
Now...keep the coin, mark it as Machine Doubling, and study it next time you find somethig you have question about. It's not worth anything other than your education as to what worthless Machine Doubling looks like. Eventually you will have a dozen of these and when you find or buy a real doubled die the difference will stand out like a sore thumb.
I do have several certified double dies but this one threw me off because of the thickness. Usually the MD's I find are totally flat and you can see where it was pulled to one side. But thank you for the help!
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