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Message:: [QUOTE="PlanoSteve, post: 3372294, member: 91609"][USER=101267]@Scubalou[/USER], when assessing coins like this there are several aspects to consider: In 1982, the philly mint made over 10.7 billion (yes, billion) of these.  They used & abused a lot of dies. They are zinc cents (enough said). Once you determine that the die is breaking down, you must reconsider anything you think you see as doubling. (Not that you can't have real doubling on a deteriorating die, but most dies, in their dying stages, will show some form of disfigurement that people confuse with real doubling.) Additionally, if you look at the obverse of your cent, in the field from the back of Abe's collar going NW to the "I" in "IN", it looks to be the early stages of a die crack & thus a deteriorating die.  <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie50" alt=":happy:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie83" alt=":singing:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie33" alt=":cigar:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie2" alt=";)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]