1944 Wheat Penny Value Chart. Type of wheat penny key date auction record #1: The 1949 is lower but also not very scarce, it had a mintage of 217,775,000.
Also, click here to learn about grading coins. The star was added after it was made. The largest number of wheats cent was minted in 1944 for the whole series.
£21,712.70
As a footnote, 1945 pennies are not made with the usual 95 percent copper, 5 percent tin and zinc composition common for most years of lincoln wheat penny coins. Click here to learn how to use coin price charts. The military industry was run out of copper necessary for making castings. That change made this penny look like a silver coin, setting it apart from all the pennies ever minted.
