Any idea whats going on with this nickel?
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This is a 1960 nickel that I was going over with a loupe. Any opinions on what’s going on with the letters? 
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Strike doubling, flat shelf like surfaces on both sides of devices is the giveaway.
machine doubling, .05 cent value. fwiw
Die deterioration doubling -
struck from worn or overused dies.
Very common effect on this date of
nickels, thru about 1963 or '64.
for PCGS. A 49+-Year PNG Member...A full numismatist since 1972, retired in 2022
late die state
when the blank nickel planchet gets pressed at 50+ tons pressure between the dies, it moves and fills the holes. After quite a few thousand nickels made from that set of dies, small grooves are made in the flat fields and the abrupt corners of the letters and devices become rounded and sloped.
Read the two posts above. You will see this effect again on the boards.
What they sais.
If you used the loop after you noticed the weirdness, that is understandable. But, if you are routinely using the loop on every coin, you are wasting valuable searching time.
Too Much magnification ?
Keep looking though
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Thanks for all the helpful analysis. I knew it didn’t look consistent with DDO, but wanted to better understand the phenomenon I was looking at.
Valid question, good pictures.... a good learning post for new collectors....Cheers, RickO
understood. no offence taken