New to collecting, interesting 1944 Lincoln Wheat penny
Struts
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New to collecting and just found this in circulation. Was curious if this is just an example of a reaction on the penny with the copper and zinc to turning into brass, or if there's something else going on with this coin.
1944 penny https://imgur.com/a/K3044GC
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It looks like it was plated. No collector value or interest.
Welcome to the forum. As said, no collector value.
Jim
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It looks gold plated. I see so many Indian cents like that as well as Buffalo nickels. It was probably a Littleton special.
Edited: There is somebody selling those on Etsy.
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Thanks for letting me know!
Welcome to the forum
@Struts.... Welcome aboard. As above, plated, no numismatic premium. Cheers, RickO
That is not something that Littleton would sell. The coins Littleton provides are correctly graded and are usually quite nice for the grade. Stop knocking Littleton.