1968 S American Lincoln Wheat Obverse Doubled Cent

Hello Any and All,
I don't know if I'm posting this correctly or in the right place but I hope so. If not, any assistance would be most appreciated. I was going through some coins yesterday and found this very interesting (to me) 1968 S Lincoln Wheat cent with very strong obverse doubling over the entire face of the coin...the date, LIBERTY< words and Lincoln's face. Can anyone please give me any kind of information on what this might be and the general value if any. Many thanks and best regards.
Dave

 

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That's not a doubled die variety.
It's flat and shelflike.

Just a bit of mechanical doubling and die deterioration doubling.. aka worthless doubling.

 

Thanks very much for the information

 

+1 for machine doubling. And a nice specimen of one.

 

@Dave from the country A nice, clear example of worthless machine doubling. A good example to use as a reference for any further ones you may come across. Not only is it flat and shelflike in appearance there is another helpful attribute to aid you in the future.
Prior to 1990 the mintmark was added by handpunching after creation of the master die. Therefore, when you see issues prior to 1990 where the MM shows a similar anomaly to other devices such as date, Liberty etc. you can be sure you are not seeing genuine hub doubling. Hope this helps

 

1968 S American Lincoln Wheat Obverse Doubled Cent

Lincoln Wheat Cents (LWC) were last produced in 1958. Starting in 1959 the Lincoln Memorial replaced the wheat stalks on the reverse. We call them Lincoln Memorial Cents or LMC. The last Lincoln Memorial Cents were made in 2008.

 

Great photos by the way.

Z

 

Thats some dramatic shelf like doubling 68 was famous for worn out dies. In 1969 they reworked the obverse design. These were the last coins of that era.

 

As mentioned, no such beast. Wheaties were done in 1958.

 

My bad...I knew that but forgot at the time. Thanks.

 

It’s a case of MD.