1944 steel cent

I have found a 1944 steel cent. Very magnetic, weight is 2.8 grams. Any ideas if it's genuine or a fake? Don't wanna waste time getting it graded if it's a fake.

 

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We'd like to see a good clear photo or scan
of both sides of your coin.

 

Without pics, i'm assuming its fake.

 

I guess I will hop on the ride to Disappointment Land.
Let's see some pictures.

 

Nobody here will be able to help you without seeing pictures. Please post some.

 

Pictures please..

 

I'll take bacon if you don't have a picture.

 

The delay in a response and pictures makes me think that someone thinks it is early April.

 

If the weight is correct and it is not plated, I am thinking a tampered 1943.
If all the current 1944 steelies are known, and documented, (USA Coin Book lists 39, but that number may not be exact).
30 Phillies (1 full steel planchet sheet?), 7 Denvers and 2 San Frans, leftover planchets in the hoppers from 1943.
A new discovery, would be even rarer and not likely.
How many cent blanks can you cut out of 1 sheet?

 

Hi My hubby found a steel penny about 12 years ago it only has 19 on it no year minted in Denver. Van you give me your thoughts? I have pictures not sure how to post them. Thank you in advance... Shelley

 

@Shelley Haukom Pictures please...click on the Upload a File button next to the post button, then upload the images. Thanks.

 

Off hand it is a 1943 worth 5 cents.
Still waiting for the awesome 1944 steelie pics. (cough, cough)

 

Well it would depend on how long the sheet or strip was. The longest piece of 43 steel cent webbing I have heard of was 8 feet long and I don't know if that was it's full original length. But an 8 foot piece would produce between 512 and 768 blanks. Depends on wheter the blanks were 4 across or 6, I don't remember which they used. If you split the difference call it 640 blanks.

Of course I don't see why the number of blanks you can punch would matter.

 

I happen to have four (4) Eight-Floot Punched
Planchet strips for 1943 Steel Cents, but I don't
feel like counting the holes on one side, and then
multiply them by 5 (the number of holes from side to side)

As Conder101 said above, that has nothing to do with how many
1944 Steel Cents were made.

 

Lol Made my day better

 

....and we still haven't seen Photo # 1 yet.

 

So hundreds of cents from 1 sheet? Thousands?

 

Come on guys. If you seriously want some feedback, post some pictures.

 

That would make it pretty close to 640 blanks per 8 feet. Now the question is were the done in sheets or in coils of strip like today? And if don in sheet how long were the full sheets? All I know is they were at least 8 feet long, but they could have been longer. Fred do you know? Were they 8 foot, or longer?

 

Although I'm not certain, I assume that the Steel Strips
were in big coils, like today.

Doesn't make sense, or any efficiency, to punch out blanks from
thousands of 8-foot single strips.

They must have been chopped into 8 foot sections for storage or ?
after the blanks were punched, imo.