How much is a 1944 Penny Worth?

One of the rarest 1944 pennies, the 1944 Steel Penny with transitional error, was auctioned at an astonishing price of $408,000 in 2021. 1. Obverse (Heads) Design: 2. Reverse (Tails) Design: 3. Coin Composition & Dimensions of the 1944 Penny: 4. Unique Identifying Mint Marks 2. Condition & Grading of 1944 Wheat Penny 5.

Are 1944 steel pennies rare?

During the circulation of the 1944 Wheat Cent, a rare variation, the 1944 Steel Pennies became popular as a striking error coin. It so happened that while minting 1944 wheat pennies, the makers at all three mints somehow stuffed the leftover zinc-coated steel planchets from the 1942 war cent series. And the result was a rare 1944 Steel Wheat Penny.

How many wheat pennies were made in 1944?

More than 2.1 billion 1944 pennies were struck at the Philadelphia, Denver, and San Francisco Mints combined — and virtually all of these one-cent coins were made from copper (95% copper, 5% tin, and a very small amount of zinc). However, wheat pennies from the mid-1940s differ from most other wheat cents.