1944 Steel Wheat Penny Value Chart

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1944 steel wheat penny value chart.

1944 steel cents in 1944 were again made out of copper bronze some old steel blanks got minted in 1944 by mistake 1944 d d over s 1955. First because there were up to 3 different types of lincoln pennies produced every year the exact type of coin plays into its value. John jinkle hymen on march 18 2018. Another test you can conduct on your 1944 pennies is to weigh them.

With 1944 steel cents it s easy for an unscrupulous person to simply tinker with the last digit of the date on a typical 1943 steel cent even scraping away the 3 and implanting a zinc coated 4 removed from a 1944 copper cent. Steel wheat penny year. In december 1943 it was agreed that these coins would be re minted in bronze but some coin blanks were leaked with the new wedges and very few units were produced in the previous year s. 0 01 usd total produced.

Lincoln wheat penny value chart. This page also shows coins listed for sale so you can buy and sell. 1944 d lincoln wheat cent steel cent. If you are attempting to price the 1944 lincoln penny there are a few different things you must take in to consideration.

Pricing the 1944 lincoln penny. Coin value prices price chart coin photos mintage figures coin melt value metal composition mint mark location statistics facts. I have a steel wheat penny. Vickie on march 23 2018.

I have some wheat pennies leave pennies for sale from 1929 to 1958 give me a deal on them. 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. It s really easy to tell if you have a 1944 steel penny or 1944 copper cent.

If your 1944 penny does not stick to a magnet it s made from copper and is common. 1944 lincoln wheat cents were made with metal recycled from ammunition shells. David miiller on march 27 2018. If your 1944 penny sticks to a magnet it s a steel cent and is rare.

1944 steel wheat penny. 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. What a1957 d wheat penny with no s in front of the states on the back. No mint mark face value.

Buy sell this coin. 1944 marked the return of copper to the lincoln wheat penny coins though the denomination wasn t struck with exactly the same composition as in 1942.