Do u c what I c?

Dinner time for me and chicken it will be ..

 

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I'll "DOUBLED" up on that chicken dinner suggestion.

 

I was looking through the Die states of DDO-009 as die stage C comes along it shows some more doubling on the date especially the 9. The 2 looks a lot like the one in the OP's photo. Both the 009 and the Mdo have a lot of the same characteristics,
I am more than Happy to agree with Rick, it is just stage C and the OP's coin look alike.

 

The numerous 1972 hub doublings drove me nuts when I was a kid. At the time the DDO was discovered, I was 8 and just starting to get serious about collecting.

My grandmother saved all of 1972 cents she found for me to check. I figured it would be easy to spot with my new magnifying glass, but with so many “maybe”, “not sure”, “I don’t know” I just gave up. There wasn’t a lot of info available at the time and I had only seen one picture a few months before. I must have been seeing these annoying minor hub doublings.

 

They look a lot alike because the 009 was struck by a die that also had the master die doubling. Also, Stage C doesn't show any other doubling than the bar over the 2. That is MD on the left side of the date. The bar of the 2 is doubled to the north, not east/west. Notice how much thinner the tail of the 9 and the diagonal of the 2 looks. Below is Wexler's description of 009. Notice he states it was struck from a die that had the master die doubling.

Copied from John Wexler: http://doubleddie.com/384301.html

1972 1¢ WDDO-009 "Best Of" Variety

Description: A strong CW spread shows on the horizontal bar of the 2 in the date. The variety shows the master die doubling known for this date on LIBERTY and IGWT.

Die Markers: Obverse Stage A: A diagonal die scratch protrudes from the rim just below the B in the designer’s initials. A die scratch runs NNE from the top right of the R in LIBERTY. Obverse Stage B: The Stage A die scratches are gone. A die gouge can be found near the rim NE of the 2 in the date. A small die gouge can be found SE of the R in TRUST. Reverse Stage A: A die scratch extends NW from the upper part of the right vertical bar of the N in CENT. Reverse Stage B: The Stage A marker is no longer visible. A weak die gouge (dot) can be found between the centers of the I and T of UNITED. A small die gouge (dot) can be found near the top of the 3rd Memorial bay.

Submitted By: Stage A: Charles D. Anderson (Photo upgrade for Stage A from coin by Franklin Idelowitz), Stage B: John A. Wexler

Cross References: CONECA: 9-O-VIII, Cherrypickers: FS 01-1972-109 (033.59), Crawford: CDDO-009, Coppercoins: 1972P-1DO-009