New to collecting, interesting 1944 Lincoln Wheat penny

Struts

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

291fifth

It looks like it was plated. No collector value or interest.

jesbroken

Welcome to the forum. As said, no collector value.
Jim

Stingray63

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.

Struts

Thanks for letting me know!

johnny9434

Welcome to the forum

ricko

@Struts.... Welcome aboard. As above, plated, no numismatic premium. Cheers, RickO

291fifth

@Stingray63 said:
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.

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.