What makes a US 1944 penny so valuable?

In general, it isn't, however, if it is made of steel, it is attracted to a magnet, then you have a rare error where they used a blank from the 1943 war issued steel cent in 1944. In 1943, the U.S. was running short of Copper. read more

In general, it isn’t, however, if it is made of steel, it is attracted to a magnet, then you have a rare error where they used a blank from the 1943 war issued steel cent in 1944. In 1943, the U.S. was running short of Copper. read more

In other news for the 1944 Lincoln Penny, production figures were extraordinarily high, with about two billion one-cent coins made across all three mints operating in 1944; approximately 1,435,000,000 at the Philadelphia Mint; 430,578,000 at the Denver Mint (D); and 282,760,000 at the San Francisco Mint (S). read more