1944 One Cent Weight 2.90 Grams Is This Wear?

The "standard" weight is 3.11g w/ tolerances of .13g, makining it at 2.98g...you're talking a very slight difference there, not enough to be considered a planchet underweight error. Also, remember these were made out of used brass shell casing, variations in alloy content would also effect weight, slightly of course for the 1944-1946 cents.

Then take off for wear, very slight and a possibility of a micron or two thinner planchet stock plate...no big deal...no evidence of a thinned planchet on strike

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Questionable...1) shows a piled up glob of material 2) shows the hit and direction. It is probsble that the glancing hit pushed the vertical in a NW direction. Altho, there may well be a BIE under there as well. It is too far gone to tell a definitive answer. Judging also by the smushy appearance of LIBERTY there's much wear pressure on this coin. Is the indication details were quite distinct before being smashed...called "mushrooming", forms a cap over the underneath metal.

PMD.