Color 1944 Steel Wheat Penny

If they measure in at 3 11 grams each more or less they re of the ordinary copper.
Color 1944 steel wheat penny. See more ideas about valuable coins money collection coin worth. This page also shows coins listed for sale so you can buy and sell. Another test you can conduct on your 1944 pennies is to weigh them. It s really easy to tell if you have a 1944 steel penny or 1944 copper cent.
We tell you how valuable and rare this coin is how to know if you have one and the big money it s worth. 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. 1944 lincoln wheat cents were made with metal recycled from ammunition shells. If your 1944 penny sticks to a magnet it s a steel cent and is rare.
The 1944 lincoln penny is particularly desirable in the eyes of collectors not only because of its design but also due to its scarcity. To check out our coin lists pr. 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. One of the rarest and most intriguing us coins is the 1944 s steel lincoln wheat cent.
Coin value prices price chart coin photos mintage figures coin melt value metal composition mint mark location statistics facts. Nearly all pennies from 1944 are supposed have transitioned from steel back to copper bronze. Sep 21 2019 explore patricia s board 1944 steel wheat penny followed by 135 people on pinterest. 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.
1944 p lincoln wheat cent steel cent. Buy sell this coin. 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.