1945 is an extremely common year for wheat cents so it's extremely unlikely anyone would bother to counterfeit one. Even now they only sell for nickel or so in moderately-worn condition.
If it weighs about 3.1 gm and has a clear ring when you "clink" it on a table, it's probably real.
3 cents.
3 cents.
Yes. Wheat pennies were made 1909-1958. A wheat penny has wheat on the backside.
These coins are common and are worth about 2 to 15 cents in circulated condition.
1945 S Wheat Penny. CoinTrackers has estimated the 1945 S Wheat Penny value at an average of 15 cents, one in certified mint state (MS+) could be worth $6.
3 cents.
3 cents.
Yes. Wheat pennies were made 1909-1958. A wheat penny has wheat on the backside.
These coins are common and are worth about 2 to 15 cents in circulated condition.
1945 S Wheat Penny. CoinTrackers has estimated the 1945 S Wheat Penny value at an average of 15 cents, one in certified mint state (MS+) could be worth $6.
.15 to 4.00
3 cents.
About 3 cents.
There is no such thing as a lead penny. In 1945 they were made of copper and zinc. If your penny is indeed lead then it is a counterfeit and is worth nothing. However, if it is copper then it is worth only a few cents in circulated condition.
There is no such thing. Aluminum wheat pennies were made one year during the war due to the scarcity of copper. However, they were being made with copper by 1945. In circulated condition it has minimal value. In mint state it would be worth 25cents or so to a collector.
3-10 cents, depending on condition. But it's not a "copper head"* penny, it's just a copper penny, and if you want to be annoyingly correct it's a bronze cent. (*) Copperheads are a type of snake!
The 1945 is worth a little more probably because there were less of them minted.