It s really easy to tell if you have a 1944 steel penny or 1944 copper cent.
Rare steel penny 1944.
Is your 1943 penny rare.
They re worth far more than the famous 1909 s vdb penny the rarest regular issue lincoln cent.
The answer depends on the composition of the 1943 penny.
1944 steel wheat penny.
If the penny has a silver color it is made out of steel with a zinc coating to make it look nicer and protect it from rusting.
The 1944 steel cent was produced at all three mints.
If they measure in at 3 11 grams each more or less they re of the ordinary copper.
Source of example image is courtesy of heritage auction galleries.
We look at the 1944 copper penny and 1944 steel penny that sold for over.
If your 1944 penny sticks to a magnet it s a steel cent and is rare.
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Most experts believe that there are still a few yet to be discovered.
None uncirculated but some in good.
Another test you can conduct on your 1944 pennies is to weigh them.
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.
If your 1944 penny does not stick to a magnet it s made from copper and is common.
In that 3rd there are roughly 27 1944 wheat penny s 2 1944d wheat penny s 1 1943d steel and 1 1943 steel.
However only 2 san francisco minted 1944 s steel cents are known to exist making it rarest of the 1944 steel penny mints.
Experts estimated the surviving population of the 1944 steel cent to be in the range of.
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