1844 Thin Planchet Or Just Worn ?

I would say tired and worn. You only have about 8% weight loss and it looks like that much would be missing from wear.

An interesting topic that you've brought up, Wade. I've heard that the 1815 Magdalen PEI penny was minted on planchets of varying thicknesses -- it's been suggested that the 2 auctions of over 100 years ago claiming to have sold a Magdalen half-penny had in fact merely each sold a penny which were minted on a much thinner planchet, which were then deemed at the time as half-pennies. While in the case of your penny I happen to agree with okiecoiner and colonialtokens, it does raise the question: were there many tokens minted on more than one thickness/weight of planchet? (Outside of normal tolerances, that is). I don't know my tokens well enough to know just what the minting tolerences were back in the early-to-mid eighteen hundreds.