Spooky Machine Doubling

[AstroRaider]

Here is an example of the reverse of a 1975P Lincoln Cent.

It exhibits some odd/spooky MD (machine doubling).

1975P MD.jpg

[willbrooks]

Might just be a smash. It isn't consistent across the other letters. I have one extreme like this where there almost looks like there is separation.

[Maineman750]

I'm with Will....looks like damage

[GrumpyEd]

Me too, some lucky damage.
I don't see how the die could catch it there while ejecting. when I see that it's often right at the edge like L of liberty sheared.

[mikediamond]

This is clearly a case of rotational machine doubling. There's no post-strike damage.

[VAB2013]

Thank you very much Mike for taking a look! This is something I've not seen before and it's very interesting how it is only affecting the U and the R. AstroRaider, do you see any other MD on the reverse?

[AstroRaider]

No, nowhere else. That's why I thought it looked "spooky".

[VAB2013]

No, nowhere else. That's why I thought it looked "spooky".

Thank you for the update AstroRaider! Yes... spooky or sneaky is a good way to describe this one! With the marks on the left vertical of the U and on the curve of the R, I would have never guessed it was rotational MD! Thank you for posting it!

[WaterSport]

New to me also. Thanks for sharing.

WS

[mikediamond]

Sorry, I thought the first and second coins were images of the same specimen. Certainly, it's hard to imagine how strong machine doubling can appear on only one or two letters within a longer string of unaffected letters. In the absence of a mechanism, I would have to go with post-strike damage.

[Maineman750]

Sorry, I thought the first and second coins were images of the same specimen. Certainly, it's hard to imagine how strong machine doubling can appear on only one or two letters within a longer string of unaffected letters. In the absence of a mechanism, I would have to go with post-strike damage.

I thought that when I saw your first answer....thanks for checking back because I was expecting a huge debate this morning

[jfines69]

Cool... PSD on Astros coin and Rotational MD on Wills... Here is some info on Rotational MD from Error Ref http://www.error-ref.com/?s=rotational+machine+doubling and Coin Worlds Collectors Clearing House (by Mike Diamond) https://www.coinworld.com/news/us-co...ringhouse.html Hope this helps a bit since Rotational MD is new to us!!!