I couldn't get great shots from my phone, but this coin looks freaky when looking at it directly. It's like it's double double died or something cuz the harder you look, the more you realize you can't focus on the details of the coin, especially Lincoln's face. Your eyes automatically try to re-focus because it's "blurry". I tried to get a little creative with the lighting to try and show the most cuz it's it's like those 3D hologram cards, you turn it one one and then and everything changes.
IMO looks like some Die Deterioration Doubling and possibly some Split Plate Doubling. Better photos of both sides of the entire coin would help us give a better evaluation.
Thanks guys, but there is still something about this coin that has me thinking. Split plating and die deterioration, as far as i can tell, only show around the edge of the devices. Let me clarify a little, because the plating can split technically anywhere and the dies can deteriorate anywhere. But! in both instances, as far as i can tell, only immitate doubling around the outer edge of the devices. It's one of those things that makes real dd so unmistakable is the doubling of the details inside the devices right? Now I'm not trying to say all that is going on with this coin is DD, it's obviously got a whole lot of other issues going on but in the case of plate splitting or ddd, would lincolns bow tie also be doubled?
If you still believe this is something more than split plate/DDD, please provide an explanation of how it could have occurred during the minting/die making process. IMO, the answers you received are correct. If you still think the bow tie looks "different" how did occur? It's easy to say "I don't think you're right, because it still looks different to me". How about a theory on why you think it's different?
Read about split plate doubling and other planchet errors: http://www.error-ref.com/?s=split+plate+doubling And: https://www.errorvariety.com/OFD/PSD.html Also, you could have some Mechanical Doubling on your coin. It's not uncommon to have several kinds of doubling on the same coin. Ask some of the experts: @Fred Weinberg; @paddyman98; @JCro57; @furryfrog02; @Paddy54; @desertgem; et al.
Its a zincoln The thin copper plate can stretch and split anywhere. Its just most common on the outer metal flow of devices. Like your date and mint mark and liberty show. The doubling of the chin and nose could be from mechanical doubling. Which could also affect the split plating issues making it just weirder. I'm curious if this is just a partial coin or if it has full front and back sides which helps in evaluations. But either way it's still a zincoln.
