Is this an error? Sorry for the vague title

So recently I went CRH and got a box of solid 2015 cents. Someone suggested to search through them for errors. I haven't opened any yet but I check the ends. This is the most extreme example I could find but all of them look something like this.

I have no idea what it is. It just looks like a valley of sorts inside the numbers. I was thinking maybe a doubled die, but I can't find anything that looks like this.
Thanks for any help!

 

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Have you checked on Wexler or Coneca site, for a match ?

 

Sure looks like one to me.

 

Nothing looking anything like this on either.

 

Can you post a photo of the obverse and reverse?There should be some markers on that cent,that will tell us which die it is

 

You are correct Billy .

 

I can get photos of the obverse (later) but not the reverse because the coin is still in the roll.

 

Sully I would show you the one's that I have, but I just packed all my coins up.I would love too see both sides of that cent when you crack it out of that roll.Have a grand day.Back to packing for me.I will log on later,to if you posted them yet!

 

It's 50 cents. Open the roll. lol

 

Isn't this just a photographic illusion?

 

Almost certainly.... I'm guessing he's using a USB type "microscope", which are notorious for producing images that give the appearance of doubling where none is present.

 

He needs to build a stand, which consist of a Styrofoam cup, so he can spin that coin around to get its best possible image .

Just like this

 

Followers of TheCoinShow on Facebook and Tumblr are apparently one step ahead of you guys. They shared this article back on 12-24-15:

http://www.numismaticnews.net/article/doubled-die-2015-cent-identified

@mikenoodle @LostDutchman

 

They are going to be hard to identify without a good eye but here are some images. Notice the spread almost directly in the cent of the numerals and the slashed 1.

 

I didn't see where anyone said that there aren't any 2015 doubled dies. With that said, I would respectfully caution against the OP assuming that has coins and the linked variety are one in the same.

To help further the earlier point, a quick comparison of the zeros should be quite telling. Note how on the OP's coin, there is no overlapping, but one apparent/so-called digit fits totally inside of the other, which is often the case with "doubling" caused by this type of imaging.

 

I don't see anything of interest to me as per an error. If they all look like that then I would say that's the way they are supposed to look within the accepted parameters of die wear.

 

It (doubling) would be a VARIETY and not an error in any case.

Just driving that point home...

 

I didn't see where anyone said that the OP coins were the same as those I linked to. Geez, can't a guy get a plug in once in awhile?

 

Question. If I got a roll of 2015 cents and found one of the new DDO's, would the entire roll most likely have DDO cents, or no?

 

The entire roll, no.... but it is quite likely that more than one example will be found. As an example, I still, againt my better judgment, have rolls of 09 LP1-P from a broken box that have contained anywhere from about 10 to 38 doubled dies of three different varieties. On the other hand, from other broken boxes I've seen as little as 2-3 per roll on average.