1944 Altered or what ?

Not sure what’s the silver ..

 

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Looks like it was glued down to a paper or something back when it was still red and lustrous. The part with the glue stayed red while the rest of the coin turned brown.

 

i kind of looks like someone was melting pennies and some zinc got onto that one

 

Yea it’s like a melted glue but No trace of paper the front is fine

 

someone probably thought it was cool and used a light metal like zinc or aluminum to spot weld it. that is typically what copper looks like after a different metal is welded to it

 

id say it would be worth face value

 

its something id hold onto though

 

Stuck to chewing gum "paper" by spilled soda or some such thing. When the gum paper was peeled away, some of the aluminum foil stuck to the cent.

 

the "paper" would be darker if it was from gum

 

...never said gum, just said paper.

 

No it’s like a clear hardened glue can’t really scratch it either.. doesn’t seem like aluminum I used a x60 x90 scope for awhile not 100% sure lol . . Still a strange 1944 penny looks like a really amazing lincoln cent up close

 

Not much wear visible, but I am reminded of how in elementary school we would carefully separate the silver foil from gum wrappers and then rub the extremely thin foil onto a cent.

 

Sounds like the bottom of @lordmarcovan cup holder from a couple days ago.lol

 

Exactly what I was thinking!

 

Solder or some other type of low melting point metal splashed on it (Zn or Al)

 

you said chewing gum paper. not just paper

 

thats what i said

 

Chewing gum paper, meaning the paper that is used to wrap chewing gum.