1957-D Lincoln Wheat Cent DDO

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I recently found a 1957-D Lincoln Wheat Cent that I think is a DDO, I was trying to identify the variety.

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This coin is well circulated. With well circulated coins, it becomes difficult to tell if a coin is a doubled die, unless the spread of the impressions is wide.

Where do you see doubling?

It may be best to research

http://varietyvista.com

or

https://conecaonline.info

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Above the date.

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The photo gets quite blurry when attempting to zoom in.
The die chip in the 9 of the date is probably the culprit causing some localized machine doubling or die deterioration.

The above reference websites should show you where doubling would occur on a 1957-D Lincoln cent.
Another website is

https://coppercoins.com

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As for photo taking, I can suggest that photos be taken as follows:

IF you are using a phone:

Find a box, about 6x6 or 8x8.
Place the box on the table.
Place the coin on the table, close to the base of the box.
Place the phone on top of the box and turn on the camera app.
Carefully slide the phone toward the edge so the camera can see the coin.
Adjust the coin closer if need be.
You can zoom in, but do not make the photo blurry at all.
Make sure there is no glare on the coin, use a lamp vice flash from the phone.
With the phone on the top of the box, you can stabilize the phone with one hand.
Gently tap the shutter to take a photo.

If you have a photo editing app on the phone, if need be, crop most of the background out of the photo.
You should be able to draw a box around the coin.
From there use the cropping tool to remove any unnecessary background.
The cropping tool can look like a bent square.