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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Hookman, post: 3898630, member: 99642&quot;]I seem to remember the Red Book also says they&#039;re from spent shell casings.</p><p><br /></p><p>So I googled the question &quot; What are Lincoln cents from 1944, 1945, and 1946 made from? &quot;.</p><p>Here are some of the returns. None of the returns, except 1, say they weren&#039;t made from shell casings</p><p><a href="https://coinvalues.com/wheat-pennies/1944" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://coinvalues.com/wheat-pennies/1944" rel="nofollow"><br /></a></p><p><a href="https://coinvalues.com/wheat-pennies/1944" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://coinvalues.com/wheat-pennies/1944" rel="nofollow">1944</a></p><p><a href="https://coinvalues.com/wheat-pennies/1944" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://coinvalues.com/wheat-pennies/1944" rel="nofollow"><br /></a></p><p><a href="https://www.learcapital.com/news/coin-collector-encyclopedia/1944-1946-lincoln-shell-case-alloy-coin/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.learcapital.com/news/coin-collector-encyclopedia/1944-1946-lincoln-shell-case-alloy-coin/" rel="nofollow">1944-1946-lincoln-shell-case-alloy-coin</a></p><p><a href="https://www.learcapital.com/news/coin-collector-encyclopedia/1944-1946-lincoln-shell-case-alloy-coin/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.learcapital.com/news/coin-collector-encyclopedia/1944-1946-lincoln-shell-case-alloy-coin/" rel="nofollow"><br /></a></p><p><a href="https://coins.thefuntimesguide.com/1944-penny-value/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://coins.thefuntimesguide.com/1944-penny-value/" rel="nofollow">1944-penny-value</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Here is the one that mentions the NON-USE of shell casings.&nbsp; Scroll down, watching for it as you go. It&#039;s a very small mention.</p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lincoln_cent" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lincoln_cent" rel="nofollow"><br /></a></p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lincoln_cent" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lincoln_cent" rel="nofollow">Lincoln_cent</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Several of the links have mentions of write-ups by Numismatists discussing the &quot;shell casing&quot; cent.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Seems like many of the writers at some of the links have simply repeated what they&#039;ve heard, rather than doing any of their own research.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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