someone had mentioned to me before this that this might be a ddo? you can clearly see it present in the obv photo. can you confirm or dismiss for me? if not a ddo, is it the result of something else? thank you.
Because it appears in only that one spot (based upon your photographs I see no other areas of doubling) I would say it was not an DDO but rather a possible die abrasion or other problem with the die. I find no references in The Authoritative Reference on Buffalo Nickels, other publications or The Cherrypickers Guide.
It's a die clash. You'll see much more prominent ones on many dates depending on the degree of die rotation that exists when the die clash occurs. The coin below shows a slightly more prominent clash than your coin does.
