1944 Steel Penny How To Spot A Fake?

Easiest way to tell check for VDB under the bust if their is no VDB it's a counterfeit! let me guess you found it in change?

I'd love to see a closeup of the MM.

A little known fact:
All of the Allied Occupation Issue 1944 Belgium 2 Francs (KM#133), were made from planchets originally intended for U.S Une Cent coins.
All of these Belgian 2 Francs coins were made in the U.S.

There are still quite a few genuine unstruck planchets still out there. Several years ago, I saw some examples of these unstruck planchets for sale at my local LCS. Their specifications, attraction to a magnet, and general appearance were exactly the same as what you would expect as for the 1943 U.S. zinc coated steel Cent issue.

I have no doubt that good quality fake dies dated 1944 for the U.S One Cent could be prepared, and fake coins have been struck, using genuine planchets.
Such fakes would be very difficult to distinguish from genuine, provided that the fake dies were of sufficient quality.

They would wear and patinate in exactly the same way as the genuine U.S.1943 One Cent issue.

CoopHome: How to tell fakes on the 1944 steel cents? fakes non magnetic. weight will be 3.11+. surfaces will look too shiny if the coin was plated. designs will be weak.

Lincoln Cent Series 6 & 9's:
Die chips or broken die posts on the 6 & 9's on the Lincoln Cent series? "they aren't closed on this series."
http://goccf.com/t/436948#3758214

Ok. This it is a counterfeit Chinese hoe we say or somewhere in Asia. We can not blame only one side when we have counterfeit from many locations.

the hints are here: Reverse: Outside the right side wheat as you look is not as the design or the dies. Observe: the ear it is a clue. No fake was able to copy the ear correct. Another thing it is the weight and the magnetism (but this you need good tools to see). The normal has 0.001 sec attraction on 3 mm.

Whenever who do, those are the best design copy I saw. this coin texture show different then any Dies at the mint left marks on the surface. Enough for now on reproductions.