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<p>[QUOTE="Cringely, post: 2101183, member: 22271"]to quote Wikipedia "<b>Bullion</b> traditionally stands for <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gold_bar" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gold_bar" rel="nofollow">gold bars</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silver" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silver" rel="nofollow">silver</a> bars, other <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Precious_metals" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Precious_metals" rel="nofollow">precious metals</a> bars or <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ingot" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ingot" rel="nofollow">ingots</a>." Copper is a commodity, not a precious metal. There are a half a million of tons of copper mined every year. </p><p>Anyone who pays more than <i>(using $3.20/lb) </i>a fraction over 20¢/oz for investment purposes is wasting his/her money.</p><p>On the other hand, if you like 1 oz rounds, 5 oz bars, etc. for their beauty, go ahead. Just realize you aren't going to get a huge return on your investment.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Cringely, post: 2101183, member: 22271"]to quote Wikipedia "[B]Bullion[/B] traditionally stands for [URL='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gold_bar']gold bars[/URL], [URL='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silver']silver[/URL] bars, other [URL='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Precious_metals']precious metals[/URL] bars or [URL='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ingot']ingots[/URL]." Copper is a commodity, not a precious metal. There are a half a million of tons of copper mined every year. Anyone who pays more than [I](using $3.20/lb) [/I]a fraction over 20¢/oz for investment purposes is wasting his/her money. On the other hand, if you like 1 oz rounds, 5 oz bars, etc. for their beauty, go ahead. Just realize you aren't going to get a huge return on your investment.[/QUOTE]
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