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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;desertgem, post: 1527793, member: 15199&quot;]<p style="text-align: left"><span style="color: #000000"></span></p> <p style="text-align: left"><span style="color: #000000">Melt some and try to sell the resulting lump to a recycler, and see what is offered. With the thefts that are occurring in most states, they will probably take photos of your DL and have it available when any theft is reported to the local PD. You can&#039;t prove it isn&#039;t, as it is illegal to melt copper cents or cuNi 5 cents so you can&#039;t say your source of the metal.&nbsp; Most recyclers don&#039;t want lumps as they have no idea if it is homologous through out and be mainly steel, they want surplus tubing, wiring, etc. </span></p> <p style="text-align: left"><span style="color: #000000"><br /></span></p> <p style="text-align: left"><span style="color: #000000">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; This isn&#039;t only true for copper, but for PM also, lumps do not get melt price. The Gold and silver exchanges offer very low prices as they are taking a huge risk for even marked items. Anyone can buy a stamp from a jeweler supply store with &quot;.925&quot;, &quot;Sterling&quot;, &quot; .999&quot; and use it on low percentage precious metal items such as unknown maker bars, rounds, etc. The exchanges only get the money after the smelting and assay of their submission, and low returns are not unknown.</span></p> <p style="text-align: left"><span style="color: #000000"><br /></span></p> <p style="text-align: left"><span style="color: #000000">Jim</span></p> <p style="text-align: left"><span style="color: #000000"><br /></span></p> <p style="text-align: left"><span style="color: #000000"><br /></span></p><p>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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