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[–] 2 points 8 months ago

One of the main reasons for Copper to have seen a higher variety of use cases is because it is monetarily cheaper, so is preferable even in cases it might be inferior to Silver.

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    [–] 64 points 9 months ago

    Stay tuned for more solid investment advice by your reliably honest business partner Ea Nasir!

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  • [–] 58 points 9 months ago

    "Do I have a deal for you!"

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  • [–] 39 points 9 months ago

    If copper is not valuable, why do you complain when I rip out your phone line and steal the copper? Checkmate liberal

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  • [–] 17 points 9 months ago* (1 child)

    Jest, perhaps. But you can already buy copper bullion for "investment" purposes the same as you can do with gold and silver:

    https://www.jmbullion.com/copper/copper-bars/

    This is, of course, for the express purposes of parting fools who listen to too much AM talk radio from their money. Copper is worth, what, a little under $6 a pound right now? So these one ounce ingots that they're hawking for nine bucks each in reality contain about 37 cents worth of metal.

    Copper is self-evidently not an investment or speculation vehicle, unless you are able to front the money to deal with it in quantities measured in tons.

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  • [–] 11 points 9 months ago

    Now we know why the coppers have all the weapons.

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  • [–] 9 points 9 months ago

    Pennies are mostly zinc unless you find a very old one.

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  • [–] 3 points 9 months ago (5 children)

    Cool, sooooooooo how much is an ounce of copper?

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  • [–] 1 point 9 months ago

    For anyone wondering, about a month ago, we got 5.75 / lbs for stripped, and 3.80 for our 8ga thhn (solar panels leads, single conductor in insulation. ) i think Romex was like 3.40ish at the time, but be really use that.

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  • [–] 2 points 9 months ago

    Also people with cabins go crazy for copper decorations so you can make some rich connections.

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