Here is a good website to determine or get an idea on value for US coins http://www.cointrackers.com/coins/13596/1944-d-wheat-penny/ Your Cent is circulated so it's worth much less than $6.00 Maybe under $1.00
Just trying to give the OP a better idea of value. I don't care much for value on any coin. You know I'm just a Mint Error enthusiast! I don't think I have ever asked for the value of any coin that I own!
And isn't that funny, value the first thing they want to know. They're not coming here to learn how to collect coins, they're coming to see if they hit the jackpot. They think coin collecting is like commodity trading. Half of them don't even know it's a "doubled" and not "double" die. Wikipedia knows more than they do. Then they bitch and moan when we don't see the upside-down camel on Lincoln's nose.
The coin appears to be harshly cleaned. I agree with @eddiespin that he would have a hard time getting a few cents for it.
