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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;-jeffB, post: 2475666, member: 27832&quot;]Is there really a significant collector&#039;s market for those? If I just wanted to get &quot;fine copper&quot;, I can&#039;t really see paying $1 for a one-ounce bar, when I see one-pound bars listed for $7 or less, and home improvement stores selling #1 (high-grade) copper pipe for less than $4/pound.</p><p><br /></p><p>When you go to sell it back to a scrap dealer, you&#039;re likely to get closer to $2/pound. The spread on copper is a <i>lot</i> wider than the spread on silver or gold.</p><p><br /></p><p>Even if you think the price of copper is about to soar, bulk copper seems like a particularly bulky and back-breaking way to speculate. It&#039;s hard for me to imagine copper going up a lot faster than silver, and just compare their physical properties -- the copper would weigh 128 times as much (almost 9 pounds of copper to match 1 troy ounce of silver), and take up 150 times the space! And gold is a hundred times more compact than silver.</p><p><br /></p><p>Of course, a one-ounce copper round or bar is nicer to look at than a length of pipe. Just keep in mind that you&#039;re buying entertainment, not investing. (That&#039;s probably a good mantra for our hobby in general...)[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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