Solid copper rolls

[Mercuryman]

Anyone ever picked up CWRs at the bank and been solid copper? Picked up $25 and literally almost every roll has been solid copper. Not one wheat cent, they were clearly sorted. I'm wondering if some poor soul passed away and his wife turned in his collection. Still sorting now, ill post back with the % and weight.

[68Camaro]

Yep - I've seen that a couple of times - first was a big score at Christmas, and it was exactly that. Grandpa died, and the tellers said the grandboys were cashing in his rolls from the garage to spend at Christmas-time. Almost 200 face of them. I almost felt guilty! Had a smaller similar haul a few months ago. Others have gotten similar things. Definitely a score when you can get it!

[Mercuryman]

Just finished sorting them, came out to be roughly 76% copper. 13.25 pounds or 1908 pennies. Not one wheat penny, but tons of 1959s. After searching my dime boxes and finding a Merc and a rosie i didn't think the pennies would be able to compete. Boy was i wrong Made my night

[Hawkeye]

Great score. I hit about half a dozen rolls of solid, shiny, beautiful 1978s one time. 78 after 78. It was weird, but awesome. Just the other day, I picked up $5 worth while I was at the bank (I'm a mere hand sorter) and later kicked myself for not sorting them right away because they were all solid copper. I love it when that happens!

[CuJoe]

Amazing...really. Very cool. Gives us all hope!

[CasualPenny]

I've picked up a couple. I knew someone else at my bank was searching (the tellers told me about her). I never noticed her red pen dot at the ends of the rolls. That day I took some home and noticed the dots. I figured, what a lame pickup, they were all hers. I had the scale out and just started to weigh them all for the heckofit. Some were wellllll over 155g. I got curious and they were all 1982s (95% of them were good!). At least four rolls! I was thrilled. I just can't figure it out though. Maybe she's been setting them aside to check later, and decided it likely wasn't worth it (Wrong!), or maybe mixed up her sorting jars? Beats me, but I nearly discarded a nice find, but diligence got me way more than I would have thought in the only ten or so rolls I'd managed to buy.