1944 steel penny

Hello everyone, I seemed to have come across a 1944 steel penny. From what I have read if it sticks to a magnet there is a chance of it being real. Any other ways to verify that it is real or fake?

 

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Weigh it. It is unlikely that it is genuine.
Copper 3.1 grams, steel 2.8 grams.

 

Plating can make a coin magnetic , so weight to 2 decimals 0.00 would be helpful. Also if you are using one of the small rare earth magnets, it can attract plating. Jim

 

Nay sayers say I. It IS possible that it just might be real. They do exist.

 

While the possibility exists, the odds of finding one after 75 years of circulation can be guaranteed to be nil.

 

A photo would be nice.

 

Yes it is possible. I think there are around 35-40 of them.
However, there are a million fakes for every real one. The odds say it is plated, or someone rolled mercury over it.

 

If it I real how much would it have to weigh? I do not collect coins my son came across it in a jar of pennies we had

 

I don't know to post a picture on here can someone tell me how please

 

Take some very good photos of the Front (Obverse) of the coin and the Reverse (Back) of the coin. Not blurry and crop out anything but the coin. When you get some good photos on your phone, hit the upload photo button down below and follow from there. It also helps to choose to enter them as a full picture.

 

Hey Jim I actually took it to a coin dealer and it stuck to his magnet he stated it was the best magnet out there but I did not ask him to weigh it for me which I should have done

 

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I have pics on my phone but I do not see that upload button youre talking about

 

when you are typing a response to me, look directly beside the post reply button. You will see the upload file button. That is the one you want.

 

What do you'll think?

 

What else did the dealer have to say?

 

Do you have an image of the front of the coin?

 

Edit. Ignore this. I can see it now.