Rare 1944 Steel Wheat Penny

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Rare 1944 steel wheat penny.

If your 1944 penny sticks to a magnet it s a steel cent and is rare. Another test you can conduct on your 1944 pennies is to weigh them. However similar to the rare 1943 copper cent a small number of zinc coated steel planchets were left over from 1943 and were used in 1944 during the transition to steel planchets. Approximately 30 or so 1944 steel cents are thought to exist with each sporting a price tag ranging from 75 000 to more than 375 000 based on grade.

If your 1944 penny does not stick to a magnet it s made from copper and is common. One of the rarest and most intriguing us coins is the 1944 s steel lincoln wheat cent. It s really easy to tell if you have a 1944 steel penny or 1944 copper cent. Interestingly there is a significant off metal error from 1944 and that is the 1944 steel penny an inadvertent striking that presumably occurred when some 1943 steel planchets were left behind in the hoppers that feed coin blanks through the striking machinery at the u s.

The 1944 lincoln penny is particularly desirable in the eyes of collectors not only because of its design but also due to its scarcity. Did you know the most expensive penny is the 1944 steel wheat penny valued at 110k. 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. The 1944 steel cent was produced at all three mints.

They re worth far more than the famous 1909 s vdb penny the rarest regular issue lincoln cent. Nearly all pennies from 1944 are supposed have transitioned from steel back to copper bronze. The 1944 steel cent was produced at all three mints with about 30 being produced in philadelphia making it the more common of the three. 1944 steel wheat penny 7 500 200 000 the opposite case to the 1943 bronze coinage is the zinc plated steel coinage the 1944 wheat penny.