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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Okay, I think the whole copper as bullion thing is total b.s., but I have to ask, where did you get the mini copper ingots?
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Pillar of the Community
 United States
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Bought a couple years ago at a local rock & mineral show along with the copper balls. I thought they would go with my native copper specimens. I have to agree about the copper bullion as one would be better buying scrap copper by the pound at the local scrap yard. You would get a lot more than the rounds for their price, but it wouldn't be as nice looking. I am a token collector mainly and they fit in with out to much stretching.  They are sold as souvenir items in the Upper Peninsular of Michigan in Copper country. Edited by Circus
05/25/2013 5:43 pm
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Canada
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Right now, tin trades at $21,590 per metric ton. Luckily, Google tells me that there are 32,150.7466 troy ounces in a metric ton - thanks, Google! This puts tin at about 67 cents per ounce. So you'll have a hard time finding tin ounce rounds anywhere near spot, but you could probably put away about $25 for an industrial kilo of the stuff. The best thing about the "base" metals is that you can actually afford to buy a big bar of them - some wacko survivalist site sells kilograms of titanium as well, complete with Ron Paul's beaming face. Or you can just get a generic star motif (if you hate freedom :U).
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Rest in Peace
United States
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Circus, very interesting tin! Quote:
I am a facetor (gemcutter). Sel, is this a new definition? facetor? |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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That coin cracks me up... I actually have some of the cheap copper coins. Some of the artwork on them is pretty good - the replicas are a good coin to give my kids.
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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What animal is it? Buffalo, goat?
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Bedrock of the Community
Australia
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Most people have seen a movie somewhere or other, of a guy biting into a gold bar to test to see if it is genuine.
Believe it or not, that is exactly how you test for pure tin!
The structure of pure tin is such that small macroscopic crystals make up it's structure.
Because pure tin is so soft, those crystals are easily broken and compressed, by simply biting into it.
You can actually hear the crystals breaking up under bite pressue.
This sound is known as 'tin crying'.
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United States
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What animal is it? Buffalo, goat? Maybe a cross breed, would explain why it looks so surprised. |
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Canada
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Maybe a cross breed, would explain why it looks so surprised.  |
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Pillar of the Community
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What animal is it? Buffalo, goat? Yeah I was thinking either Buffagoat or Goattalo, m'self. It's no wonder why the poor Native American on the front looks so pained. Edited by SteveCaruso
05/25/2013 10:58 pm
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Pillar of the Community
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Edited by Northerncoins
05/26/2013 08:36 am
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Looks like they have more items out of stock than in, so does that mean there has been a run on these other metals or they aren't moving sothey will be always out of stock!
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"What animal is it? Buffalo, goat?"
It sort of looks like a religious bison wearing head garb that one might see on an Imam.
Trying to be funny and politically correct at the same time, not sure it will work for all.
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