Error Other | Is this common Machine Doubling?

[Guest]

I have this 1997 penny that seems to have the letters doubled a bit. Just want to make sure that I am giving it the correct term as machine doubling. Thanks.

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[Maineman750]

Yes..that is classic MD

[coppercoins]

This is die wear - not machine doubling.

[Maineman750]

Chuck's right...I was laying down for a nap and had a nagging feeling I didn't look close enough..lol

[Snooderpuff]

Thank you all for your responses. I am not familiar with that term yet so I better go look it up. Thanks again all.

[coppercoins]

Dies are made of steel. As they are used to strike coins, the molecules of steel on the surface of the die 'travel' outward causing the ripples (and sometimes ridges) you are seeing along the outer edges of the numbers in the date and other devices on the coin. Die deterioration works differently on different eras and materials struck, and manifests in slightly different ways depending on the dies and how they were created, the pressure used to strike the coins, the planchet composition, thickness, and the size of the planchet being struck.

It is very common to find the type of die wear you are posting here on cents from the 1990s.