South Africa 1969 1 Rand - is this MDD or a known/unknown DDR?

Hello everyone!

I just purchased this coin from a local coin shop today because I admired the design and it was in BU condition. (I only paid silver price for it.) When I got it home, I noticed that most of the reverse shows doubling with splits in the serifs. I would like to know if anyone else has one of these, and if this is the normal die (Master Die Doubling) or if this is a die variety. Krause does not list a DDR for this, but then I don't expect Krause to do so. (By the way, I do know the difference between strike doubling and die doubling, and this is definitely not strike doubling.)

I have taken some closeups of some of the more prominent areas of doubling and highlighted them with red arrows. I think it will be pretty easy to see.

I'd love to hear thoughts from some sub-Saharan specialists.

Here is the information I already know:

South Africa
1969 1 Rand
KM80.2 "SUID-AFRIKA" Obverse
Mintage of 506,000
.800 fine silver (.3858 oz ASW)

Thank you!

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Looks like a DDR but I'm not an expert on these things


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Well, I'm sure it meets the qualifications for a DDR - I am hoping that someone who collects SA coins specifically might know if this is a variety or if the normal coins look like this. Don't know if there is a Cherrypicker's Guide to South African coins lol