1944 Steel Wheat Penny Value

The opposite case to the 1943 bronze coinage is the zinc plated steel coinage the 1944 wheat penny.

1944 steel wheat penny value.

Another test you can conduct on your 1944 pennies is to weigh them. 1944 steel wheat penny 7 500 200 000. First because there were up to 3 different types of lincoln pennies produced every year the exact type of coin plays into its value. 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.

1944 lincoln wheat cents were made with metal recycled from ammunition shells. If you are attempting to price the 1944 lincoln penny there are a few different things you must take in to consideration. Buy sell this coin. If they measure in at 3 11 grams each more or less they re of the ordinary copper.

This page also shows coins listed for sale so you can buy and sell. 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. Coin value prices price chart coin photos mintage figures coin melt value metal composition mint mark location statistics facts. 1944 steel wheat penny.

1944 p lincoln wheat cent steel cent. If your 1944 penny does not stick to a magnet it s made from copper and is common. 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. If your 1944 penny sticks to a magnet it s a steel cent and is rare.

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.