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.
Test it with a magnet. 1943 steel cents are magnetic. 1944 copper cents are not.
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.
You can identify a 1944 steel wheat penny by checking its composition. Steel pennies produced in 1944 were made due to a shortage of copper caused by World War II. A steel penny will stick to a magnet, as it contains mostly steel with a thin layer of zinc.
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.
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.
Test it with a magnet. 1943 steel cents are magnetic. 1944 copper cents are not.
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.
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.
The 1943 steel cent is exceedingly common. The 1944 steel cent is exceptionally rare.
You can identify a 1944 steel wheat penny by checking its composition. Steel pennies produced in 1944 were made due to a shortage of copper caused by World War II. A steel penny will stick to a magnet, as it contains mostly steel with a thin layer of zinc.
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.
The most valuable ones are the 1943 copper penny, and the even more rare 1944 steel penny.
A genuine 1944 steel cent is worth thousands of dollars. One sold at auction in 2008 for $373,750. To determine if a 1944 cent is steel or zinc-coated copper, test it with a magnet. Copper is not 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.
More than likely the 1944 matte proof penny. It was stuck in steel instead of copper.
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.
You would need to get it appraised by a coin dealer. 1944 the US was making pennies out of steel.. and they are very rare.