doesn't mean it doesn't exit though right? the edges are to smooth for it to be an MD. a few other people on another site told me its a doubled die.
http://doubleddie.com/58222.html A frequent misconception about doubled dies is that they are produced when coins are struck twice by the dies. This is definitely not the case. All U.S. coins made for circulation are only struck once unless there is a mishap in the coining press. Even then, the resulting error coins will NOT be doubled dies. Only proof coins are struck more than once with the number of times that they are struck depending on the alloy of the planchets that will be struck into coins. But even here, the number of times that a proof coin is struck will have no bearing on whether or not a doubled die is produced.
This is a real good reference also someone sent me: http://www.coincommunity.com/forum/uploaded/sharpbfast/20110718_diagram_of_doubling.jpg
Tommy doubled die coins are the ones that are struck by a doubled die. this means that the coin die was hubbed twice by a master die and the last hubbing of the die happened to out of align with the first hubbing. this creates a doubled impression on the working coin die and when this die strikes the planchets they retain the doubled design of the doubled die that struck them , all of the coins from the same working doubled die will have the same exact details. you have not shown enough of this nickel for anyone to tell what you have. if you can get a good photo of the letters maybe someone will know if it is a doubled die coin or not.
