1944 Steel Wheat Penny Value Chart

I have a steel wheat penny.

1944 steel wheat penny value chart. The opposite case to the 1943 bronze coinage is the zinc plated steel coinage the 1944 wheat penny. 1944 lincoln wheat cents were made with metal recycled from ammunition shells. John jinkle hymen on march 18 2018. It s really easy to tell if you have a 1944 steel penny or 1944 copper cent.

Another test you can conduct on your 1944 pennies is to weigh them. No mint mark face value. 1944 steel wheat penny 7 500 200 000. 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.

If your 1944 penny does not stick to a magnet it s made from copper and is common. If you are attempting to price the 1944 lincoln penny there are a few different things you must take in to consideration. 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 they measure in at 3 11 grams each more or less they re of the ordinary copper.

1944 d lincoln wheat cent steel cent. Steel wheat penny year. Vickie on march 23 2018. Thats all i gotta say.

This page also shows coins listed for sale so you can buy and sell. 77234 to 110334 00 v. Buy price is what you can expect to pay to a dealer when you purchase the coin and. What a1957 d wheat penny with no s in front of the states on the back.

First because there were up to 3 different types of lincoln pennies produced every year the exact type of coin plays into its value. 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. 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. 1944 steel wheat penny.

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. If your 1944 penny sticks to a magnet it s a steel cent and is rare. Pricing the 1944 lincoln penny. Lincoln wheat penny value chart.

I have some wheat pennies leave pennies for sale from 1929 to 1958 give me a deal on them. David miiller on march 27 2018.