Lincoln 1959 (wrapped in a bag)

This was wrapped in a bag in my dad's collection any thoughts?

 

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The bottom of Lincoln's bust looks strange.
Worn Die issue or struck through grease.

 

Maybe he set it aside because it is the first year of the Lincoln Memorial reverse.

 

I think it is die deterioration doubling he saw in the date and LIBERTY, best I can do with the magnification, Jim

 

Thank you so much for the information!

 

Look at the N in UNITED and the ON in ONE, on the reverse. He may have seen that as doubling.

I know when I first started searching pennies, I would save all of that kind of stuff that I found. I still have several large Coffee-Mate tubs full of cents with doubling like that on them. Then I found out that, Yes, it's doubling, but it's the "No Added Value" type of doubling.