1944 Steel Cent

I think people will accept it, after all, what do you think Pawn Stars, Storage Wars,American Pickers and countless others do ?

you look for a 1944 penny that sticks to a magnet.

The doubling on this 1943 steel penny is amazing.....only99 cents on ebay right now!!


http://www.ebay.com/itm/1943-Lincol...em35c094c329

Sold for $7050 on heritage, seller still entertaining offers.....

For those of you hoping for a coin shop based reality show, I heard about this a few months ago. Don't know what the current status of it is, though. It is supposed to be on the National Geographic Channel. http://www.coinweek.com/people-in-t...-to-premier/

I am guessing it didnt meet his reserve, so people can still offer bids...

I really don't think this coin is as valuable as many here believe, and the reason being;
In 1944 the Philadelphia Mint struck coins for other Countries, one Country was Belgium, the denomination was 2 Frank, and 25 Million of these coins were struck on the same zinc coated steel planchets that was used for the 1943 Lincoln Cent.
With 25 million steel planchets on the Philadelphia production floor in 1944, chances are that this 1944 Lincoln Cent was struck on a Belguim planchet intended for the 2 Frank coins...
While I can't prove it, the odds are in my favor that this was indeed struck on a Belgium planchet and not a left over steel planchet from 1943...
I guess we will have to see what this sells for, and if the high bidder knows about the 1944 Belgium coins.

P/S ~ I'm not criticizing anyone on this reply, only educating those that do not know the whole story with the 1944 Steel Lincoln Cents, and since it can't be proven if it was struck on a left over 1943 planchet or a belgium 2 Frank, one must ask with 25 million of these Steel Planchets in production in 1944, what are the odds.

The quantity listed at 25,000 in Krause is really 25,000,000 as they omit the last 3 zero's.

It's LATE and I spelled Philadelphia WRONG...