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<p>[QUOTE="-jeffB, post: 3266655, member: 27832"]The closest thing I've found so far with the new coupon is a bit less than 1/2 ozt of palladium for $580 after coupon, melt value about $560.</p><p><a href="https://www.ebay.com/itm/PALLADIUM-ROUND-WIRE-950-5-FEET-18-20-22-24-26-28-30-GAUGES-Made-In-USA/201597362947?hash=item2ef023a303:m:mp55LmiMJgeyqx1kPpTk7Ew:rk:1:pf:0" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.ebay.com/itm/PALLADIUM-ROUND-WIRE-950-5-FEET-18-20-22-24-26-28-30-GAUGES-Made-In-USA/201597362947?hash=item2ef023a303:m:mp55LmiMJgeyqx1kPpTk7Ew:rk:1:pf:0" rel="nofollow"><font size="4"><b>PALLADIUM ROUND WIRE .950, 5 FEET,- 18,20,22.24,26,28,30 GAUGES, Made In USA</b></font></a></p><p>If I'm doing <i>all</i> my math, weights and measures correctly:</p><p><br /></p><p>18 gauge wire = 1.024mm diameter = 0.512mm radius</p><p>pi * (0.512)^2 = 0.8235mm^2 cross-section</p><p>5 feet = 1524mm</p><p>0.82355mm^2 * 1524mm = 1255mm^3 = 1.255cm^3</p><p>1.255cm^3 * 11.8g/cm^3 = 14.81g</p><p>14.81g * 95% = 14.07g Pd</p><p>14.07g * $39.83/g = $560.40</p><p><br /></p><p>I'm not philosophically opposed to listing or buying coins in one of the Craft categories, but I lost a lot of yesterday coupon-chasing, and I'm not really motivated to do it again today.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="-jeffB, post: 3266655, member: 27832"]The closest thing I've found so far with the new coupon is a bit less than 1/2 ozt of palladium for $580 after coupon, melt value about $560. [URL='https://www.ebay.com/itm/PALLADIUM-ROUND-WIRE-950-5-FEET-18-20-22-24-26-28-30-GAUGES-Made-In-USA/201597362947?hash=item2ef023a303:m:mp55LmiMJgeyqx1kPpTk7Ew:rk:1:pf:0'][SIZE=4][B]PALLADIUM ROUND WIRE .950, 5 FEET,- 18,20,22.24,26,28,30 GAUGES, Made In USA[/B][/SIZE][/URL] If I'm doing [I]all[/I] my math, weights and measures correctly: 18 gauge wire = 1.024mm diameter = 0.512mm radius pi * (0.512)^2 = 0.8235mm^2 cross-section 5 feet = 1524mm 0.82355mm^2 * 1524mm = 1255mm^3 = 1.255cm^3 1.255cm^3 * 11.8g/cm^3 = 14.81g 14.81g * 95% = 14.07g Pd 14.07g * $39.83/g = $560.40 I'm not philosophically opposed to listing or buying coins in one of the Craft categories, but I lost a lot of yesterday coupon-chasing, and I'm not really motivated to do it again today.[/QUOTE]
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