Possible Real 1944 steel penny

Ok guys so I just recently received this. I can't say where. The the question is, do you think it is real?
It looks to have some copper showing on the back part of Lincoln's head and maybe a little on the reverse. I used one of the strong magnets on the back of those lights you can stick to a car and it will stay on there. Figured it was a strong enough of a magnet to test it. It stuck immediately and fairly strongly. Sooo yeah! HELP

 

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No.

 

Definitely plated, not a 1944 struck on a steel planchet.

 

Not a chance. That is 100% plated.

 

It is 102% NOT real it! It looks like someone spray painted it with metallic silver paint

 

Just another plated 44 wheat - like those old roman coins that were plated with silver over copper - can't remember the name!!

OH wait - I re-found my senior moment - the Romans would silver or gold plate low cost metal rounds (planchets?) and they were called "Fourees".

 

I think you have your answer when you notice copper peaking out from everywhere on the piece.

 

Right - according to B.B.King - "The thrill is gone".

 

So the uber thin layer of silver plating would make it really stick to a magnet?

 

Not silver

 

Silver is not magnetic - neither is nickle. Would have to be some kind of ferrous alloy

 

So wouldn't that lean to steel? Which is magnetic

 

Yes - but not pure steel that would rust. Would have to have carbon added to it to make either high carbon steel or stainless steel which most coins were plated with SS as it doesn't rust and can be polished to a high sheen.

 

When you say "possible real steel penny", it makes me think that you think you've found a rarity. Perhapse you're thinking that this is a 1944 cent that got struck on a steel planchet like the ones which were used for the 1943 cents. I don't even know if that ever happened, but If this is what you're thinking then no, this is not a real steel cent from 1944. The steel cents, like the 1943 cent, were 100% steel with a zinc coating. No copper whatsoever used in the alloy.

Yes, a thin layer of steel plating would make it stick to a magnet. It's a plated copper 1944 cent though.

 

Nickel is magnetic. It's not magnetic when it's alloyed with copper, which is why US nickels don't stick to magnets. Pure nickel coins, like some Canadian issues, do.

 

Someone plated it with something after it left the mint. It has a value of one cent.

 

Heavily plated with nickel. Pure nickel is STRONGLY magnetic, almost as much as iron.

 

Yikes - another "senior moment" - forgot nickles are 75% copper.

 

When was the 194 steel penny last found4

 

Not even close. Sorry.