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What is a 1944 silver wheat penny worth?
Sorry no silver pennies were ever made by the mint, but the 1943 cent was made from steel and a few 1944 cents were struck in steel by accident. If the date is 1944 see if it sticks to a magnet ,if it does take it to a coin dealer. If it doesn't stick it probably has been chrome plated.
What is a 1944 silver penny worth?
If a genuine zinc plated steel cent, thousands of dollars. More likely a silver plated novelty item worth a few cents. Check with a magnet, if it does not stick, it's a fake. The US never made any 1 cent silver coins, look at the coin again.
What is a 1944 penny made of steel worth?
The 1944 steel penny is worth between $75,000 and $110,000. This steel penny was minted by mistake and there were not a lot of them around.
What does a steel 1944 penny look like?
A steel 1944 penny is silver in color and magnetic due to its composition of zinc-coated steel. It does not contain any copper, causing it to look different from a regular copper penny. On the obverse side, it features the profile of Abraham Lincoln, and on the reverse side, it displays the Lincoln Memorial.
How do you know if your 1944 wheat penny is steel?
Test it with a magnet. 1943 steel cents are magnetic. 1944 copper cents are not.
What is a 1944 chrome plated wheat penny worth?
Unless you find someone that wants it, just a penny.
Why will the real 1943 penny stick to amagnet but a real 1944 penny will not?
1943 cents were made of steel, a magnetic metal, to conserve copper for the war effort. Other pennies are made of bronze or copper-plated zinc depending on their dates. Neither bronze nor zinc are susceptible to a magnet.
What if a 1944 steel penny looks like a copper one but is magnetic?
Then it isn't a genuine US coin. All steel cents were dated 1943, and while there were some steel cents struck in 1944, all of them would look steel because the copper cents weren't plated with anything so they would be a steel cent dated 1944 not a copper-looking cent dated 1944.
What is the value of a silver 1944 penny?
US pennies were never made of silver. They were made of steel in 1943 and those are worth around 10-50 cents depending on condition. Then a few steel cents were minted in 1944 by error, which, if genuine, is worth over $300,000
How can you tell if a 1944 penny is made of steel?
You can tell if a 1944 penny is made of steel by using a magnet. Place a magnet near the penny - if it sticks, then the penny is made of steel. Steel pennies were issued in 1943 due to a shortage of copper, so any 1944 penny made of steel would be an error.
How do you know if your 1944 penny is steel?
The vast, vast, vast, majority of 1944 pennies are copper. If it sticks to a magnet it /might/ be steel, though you'd have to take it to an expert to make sure it wasn't altered from a steel 1943 penny.
Value of a 1944 silver penny?
There's no such thing as a silver US penny, only silver-colored ones. If it's silver in color it's most likely plated. However if it feels slippery do not touch it any more and throw it out because someone put mercury on it to change its color. You could get mercury poisoning if handled too frequently. If it's a 1943 cent, and silver in color, it's a common steel wartime cent worth about a quarter in average condition.
