I was searching through some dollar coins today, and found this one 1979-P SBA. It is a wide ri, so I'm pretty excited about it When I looked at it closer, to me, the "In God We Trust" seemed to look a bit funny. I don't know SBA's too well. Thanks in advance for the help!
I agree....looks to be circulated enough that the motto looks to be just 'flattened' a bit, making it a little wider......no matter how, it's not a doubled die.
I doubt the coin did much circulating, SBAs were unpopular and shunned from the moment they were released. The only places that gave them out were post offices (because they were required to) and military exchanges (also required). To me, it looks like machine doubling from an old die (notice the polishing marks between the letters).