Question about a 1921 Morgan

I purchased this over a year ago, for no other reason than it was BU, graded, but more because it seemed very odd (and I snagged it during a middle of the day, midweek auction for about $50). What is going on with the obverse of this coin? Looks like a doubled profile, some minor clashing under the chin. I don't even care about VAMs for the 21's, so many it's not worth researching. I guess my question is that........is this a VAM or some other kind of abnormality??? I found an old saved image of it, thought I'd ask the class.

 

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Usually it's "Strike doubling" or "machine doubling (same thing). I also see toning which makes it look more pronounced.

 

All of that is above my pay grade. You got some splainin' to do Lucy.

 

Ewwww! Ricky, here you go honey.....
Wexler's Coins and Die Varieties

 

Fairly common. Kinda like a worn die.

 

love the obverse, the doubling is very pronounced due to bright back stop
for only $50 bucks a great buy

 

I love the coin too. Congrats on a great pickup. I like "odd" too so it naturally appeals to me.

Bruce

 

Looks like advanced die deterioration doubling to me - they worked these dies long and hard in '21...

 

Seems that 21' had quite a few die pairing that the obverse profile was doubled. Check VAM 20 and 20A.
1921 P D1 Reverse Page - VAMWorld

 

WoW! You can really get confused there. No wonder why people don't seek the variety.

 

Don't think it's the V20, 20A This looks to be a 16-berry reverse. The V20 has a 17-berry reverse. Doesn't seem to be any cracks, so can't use the crack guide One could try to match it with the scribble guide, but we'd need a close up of the leg breast gap. This is a tough one