1944 Lincoln Wheat Cent Possibly Steel?

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Skippy72 Valued Member United States 447 Posts	Posted 01/27/2020 12:54 pm Good afternoon everyone. Yesterday I picked up 2 CR and grabbed a few coins at a time here and there. I came across a LWC in the first roll that had a dusty green look to it. I sat it off to the side and finished the rolls up today. Thinking about what I had gotten that wasn't going to be headed back into circulation, nothing stood out. Then I remembered the LWC, which I never even looked at the date. After handling it more than I should have thinking about what might be after seeing the date and what began to show under the green powder, I decided to have a seat and not getting to ahead of myself knowing about alot of fake coins being made. Off to get my scale and magnet. Here are a few images (with a picture comparing it with a recent '44 I got CRH) .... * Moved by Staff to a more appropriate forum. * Report this Post to the Staff

John1 Moderator United States 56855 Posts	Posted 01/27/2020 1:04 pm Will wait for magnetism and weight results. John1 Edited by John1 01/27/2020 1:05 pm Report this Post to the Staff
Coinfrog Bedrock of the Community United States 94367 Posts	Posted 01/27/2020 1:23 pm Standing by. Report this Post to the Staff
Still In Circ Valued Member United States 152 Posts	Posted 01/27/2020 2:16 pm Looks copper to me. Detecting find most likely. I can still see the copper oxidation on the reverse. Report this Post to the Staff
lcutler Pillar of the Community United States 1657 Posts	Posted 01/27/2020 4:47 pm Does look like copper corrosion. Report this Post to the Staff
T-BOP Rest in Peace United States 18456 Posts	Posted 01/27/2020 5:14 pm No speculation here . We really need Magnet test and weight . Report this Post to the Staff
Keith67 Pillar of the Community United States 6563 Posts	Posted 01/27/2020 5:17 pm Report this Post to the Staff
coop Bedrock of the Community United States 62064 Posts	Posted 01/27/2020 6:45 pm Well there are fake ones out there: Real: Side by side real and the top left ones are the fake images: Note on the fake ones the strike is not as strong: Serbian knock off. (Note weakness on the neck area) Report this Post to the Staff
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