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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;I.L. McDougal, post: 2149424, member: 74599&quot;]I think we have to look at this objectively (and disdainfully) from the point of view of a retail product and most certainly not a consideration of physical investments. This, to me personally, is the only way to understand this madness.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Kitco currently has the spot price of copper at $2.90 per lb. This means the actual metal value of 1 ozt copper bullion rounds is roughly $0.19 (2.90 / 14.58). In order to see you regain your investment at metal value at $1.50 per copper round, you would need to see the price of copper at around $23 per lb.. not likely to happen soon.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Part of the driving motions behind people beginning to horde the devalued copper &#039;bullion&#039; is simple marketing. They are visually appealing, their low unit price is affordable, and there is quite a bit of speculative horror stories about the end of times driving the prices through the roof.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Will record prices in copper be seen in the near future? I&#039;m not going to bet my money on it, but if you want to stockpile copper certainly you should be paying what it&#039;s worth.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Retail copper bullion isn&#039;t the answer. Old US Lincoln cents are more reasonable way to gather an investment in copper and they are readily available in your pocket change.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>But if you want straight up market-price copper, I suggest you find a recycle center in your area and see about attempting to buy scrap from them by weight.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>However if you are dead-set on adding the appealing secondary market stuff too your holdings, I would suggest buying it in larger sizes like 1 lb bars. The fractional prices are just to extreme in my opinion.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>A sidenote: I&#039;m confidently doubtful a pocket-full of copper coins is going to help you change the mind of a Zombie set to its hungry purpose. They seem a bit sociopathic to me...[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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