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Source for buying copper bars?

GeomanGeoman Posts: 2,491 ✭✭✭
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Does anyone know a good wholesaler that sells copper bars?

These usually come in 1 kilo sizes, sometimes 1/2 kilo and 1/4 kilo. I saw some at a coin show this past weekend and want to look into it more. Thanks in advance.

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  • BaseballAbsBaseballAbs Posts: 2,621 ✭
    Why copper bars?, just curious.
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  • TexasNationalsTexasNationals Posts: 3,837 ✭
    A ton on ebay, but the mark up is insane. It is beyond me how someone could pay $40 for $4 worth of copper??
  • illini420illini420 Posts: 11,467 ✭✭✭✭✭
    haven't seen them before, but would think it would be cheaper to buy pre-1982 cents, but I guess you couldn't melt those, but I doubt anyone would be melting their copper bar either. i heard of folks buying copper pipe as well as "bullion" investment, but it just seems like copper would take up too much room given it's relativley low price to precious metals.

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  • Batman23Batman23 Posts: 5,044 ✭✭✭✭✭
    HERE you can find a kilo of copper and a kilo of zinc.
  • PerryHallPerryHall Posts: 47,057 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>Why copper bars?, just curious. >>



    Copper is the poor man's silver.imageimage

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  • lathmachlathmach Posts: 4,720 ✭
    These are the sources I'ves used for copper and brass.

    Copper and Brass Sales, Grand Rapids Mich.

    Central Steel and Wire Co, Chicago Il.

    Bars come in 12' lengths, in various alloys, in rounds, half rounds, rectangles, squares, hex.
    Now, why do you want to buy copper bars?
    Copper is an industrial metal, and is one of the most common metals on earth.
    If you buy copper as an investment.............(which is crazy)... you should understand that when you sell it your buyer will be a scrap metal dealer.

    Ray

  • RobbRobb Posts: 2,034 ✭
    Call Square D, ABB, or your local electrical contractor and order busbar. Cut it to size on a band saw. Polish it. Stamp/punch it. Sell it on eBay for 10x your initial investment.

    People really do this- I kid you not.
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  • GeomanGeoman Posts: 2,491 ✭✭✭
    I am looking to find a few bars to display more as a conservation piece than for resale. I saw a nice display of copper bars stacked on top of each other to form a pyramid in a dealers case at a coin show this past Sunday. He had 1 kilo bars, and also had some smaller bars. While I would never want to use copper as an investment, it was a pretty neat looking display and had people stopping and asking about it. Getting people to stop and talk is the first step, and then you can talk about silver bars and ASEs, etc. Basically, I think of having a display of these copper bars as a great PR stunt or media stunt. He also said he does sell a lot of them. Here is a photo of something similar to what I am looking for.

    image
  • ecichlidecichlid Posts: 1,212 ✭✭✭
    If you want some copper coins at less than spot, just let me know.
    There is no "AT" or "NT". We only have "market acceptable" or "not market acceptable.
  • stinkinlincolnstinkinlincoln Posts: 2,733 ✭
    I forget the dealer, but one guy had a good pile of them at the Baltimore show, I only recall cause Ive never seen copper bars before. Kinda neat honestly.
  • DrBusterDrBuster Posts: 5,442 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Artist question: could you beat the crud out of one of the smaller bars into a sheet? Or get some meltage effect with one of the small canister home depot torches???
  • Type2Type2 Posts: 13,985 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I just took in
    2,000Lb of Copper last week. image


    Hoard the keys.
  • CaptHenwayCaptHenway Posts: 33,067 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Don't expect any coin dealer to buy it off you when you get tired of it and/or need the money.

    Copper is the poor man's used chewing gum.

    TD
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  • Bayard1908Bayard1908 Posts: 4,109 ✭✭✭✭
    That looks exactly like bandsawed barstock.

    image
  • LakesammmanLakesammman Posts: 17,529 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I just bought 250' of 12/2 electrical wire and 40' of 3/4" pipe - I'll make you a deal. image

    Man, at the price I paid, you would think Lowe's would lock that stuff up!
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  • FrozeninkFrozenink Posts: 446 ✭✭
    The only possible way to get copper at a reasonably close price of spot it to buy one contract. It has been awhile, but I seem to remember it around 3,200 pounds, and you could get it for spot or a penny or 2 over. The only problem with this is 3200 pounds of copper takes up a lot of space.

    I believe you will be able to make good money of of copper in 10-20 years if you have a place to store it and have money you dont need anytime soon.

    Alas, it is to difficult unless you are in the scrap business or the ebay mark-up business.

    Gary

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