Well, I significantly overpaid at $440. I think I agree with most of your guesses that today this coin should be around $350. I think @Lehigh96 came closest.
Ok, I bought this Appalachian Jefferson back in February 2008 and sold it a few months ago. What were my buy price and my sale price. Closest to each gets a point but the person closest to my buy price gets the honors. Numismedia Wholesale for a 1944-D NGC MS67 is $52.
Buy: $275 Sell: $315 ...that’s a really nice example...and I think it’s cool that it’s from the era that NGC used the “T” for toned and “W” for white