If your 1944 penny sticks to a magnet it s a steel cent and is rare.
1944 steel wheat penny image.
In that 3rd there are roughly 27 1944 wheat penny s 2 1944d wheat penny s 1 1943d steel and 1 1943 steel.
1944 lincoln wheat penny the lincoln penny has been produced in the us for almost as long as coins have been produced by the us mint.
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1944 lincoln wheat cents were made with metal recycled from ammunition shells.
The 1944 steel cent is a very rare off metal striking created when 1 a steel blank left over from 1943 was struck in the normal production run of 1944 bronze cents or 2 a steel blank meant for a foreign coin accidentally made it into a bin of bronze cents.
Another test you can conduct on your 1944 pennies is to weigh them.
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If they measure in at 3 11 grams each more or less they re of the ordinary copper.
The 1944 lincoln penny is particularly desirable in the eyes of collectors not only because of its design but also due to its scarcity.
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It s really easy to tell if you have a 1944 steel penny or 1944 copper cent.
Of course i only looked through half.
1944 s lincoln wheat cent steel cent.
1944 p lincoln wheat cent steel cent.
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If your 1944 penny does not stick to a magnet it s made from copper and is common.
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1944 steel wheat penny.
1944 d lincoln wheat steel cent struck on a zinc coated steel planchet graded ms63 ngc.
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Unlike lincoln cents made from 1909 to 1942 which are 95 percent copper and 5 percent tin and zinc lincoln cents from 1944 1945 and 1946 were made with a.
None uncirculated but some in good.