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<p>[QUOTE="krispy, post: 2305788, member: 19065"]We know you bought it for "cosmetic" reasons from the initial post, but this is an investment thread, not a beauty pageant nor a place to seek justification for what or why you bought something. Copper can be like a flower that time devours. It's very reactive to oxidation and gets sickly green at times. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie2" alt=";)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><br /></p><p>If you want to invest in "COPPER....the poor mans gold", try investing in a copper mining stock. As it was mentioned, they're easier to liquidate, and easier on your storage situation. You can always shift your positions in the market to cover a copper investment if you must have one/some in your holdings and they can come at far less of a premium than "bullion" copper. Moving your paper (digital) holdings is much easier than moving a physical investment as well.</p><p><br /></p><p>I would recommend reevaluating the attitude behind your tag line. Is <i>copper the poor man's gold</i> because someone went poor investing in copper, or simply accepted something ranked less than best as something to invest in? Is the man poor because he resigned himself to copper rather than staying focused on gold? The bullion dealers KNOW that many can't afford to buy gold, so they dangle copper and tempting designs on copper pieces to tempt you away from saving up to purchase gold. Don't be deterred. Those same dealers will not be as easy to convince to buy back your copper as they will be eager to reacquire your gold.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="krispy, post: 2305788, member: 19065"]We know you bought it for "cosmetic" reasons from the initial post, but this is an investment thread, not a beauty pageant nor a place to seek justification for what or why you bought something. Copper can be like a flower that time devours. It's very reactive to oxidation and gets sickly green at times. ;) If you want to invest in "COPPER....the poor mans gold", try investing in a copper mining stock. As it was mentioned, they're easier to liquidate, and easier on your storage situation. You can always shift your positions in the market to cover a copper investment if you must have one/some in your holdings and they can come at far less of a premium than "bullion" copper. Moving your paper (digital) holdings is much easier than moving a physical investment as well. I would recommend reevaluating the attitude behind your tag line. Is [I]copper the poor man's gold[/I] because someone went poor investing in copper, or simply accepted something ranked less than best as something to invest in? Is the man poor because he resigned himself to copper rather than staying focused on gold? The bullion dealers KNOW that many can't afford to buy gold, so they dangle copper and tempting designs on copper pieces to tempt you away from saving up to purchase gold. Don't be deterred. Those same dealers will not be as easy to convince to buy back your copper as they will be eager to reacquire your gold.[/QUOTE]
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