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United States
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Just kidding, here is a tin bullion round that I picked up at the LCS the other day. For no other reason to go with the copper rounds I pick up when the price is right and not for investment.  Obverse  Reverse Not the best art work but it is a nice hunk of tin! |
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Pillar of the Community
United Kingdom
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These coins are interesting from a metal perspective. I know some collectors want to own a sample coin in as many types of metal as possible. However, I fear that they are manufactured to con people into "investing" in a non-precious metal. That's why I don't like them.
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
2019 Posts |
Hmmm don't have tin yet , I like to collect the different metal bullion coins.
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Valued Member
Canada
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Lol. That coin looks awful, but I sure would love to own one myself. How much was it?
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Bedrock of the Community
Australia
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I have a couple of kilogrammes of 'left over' pure tin.
I never bought it for investment, however.
It was used for making tin laps for my faceting machine.
I am a facetor (gemcutter).
The tin laps with cerium or tin oxide, as the polishing agent, are used for final polishing of the facets to bring up a brilliant adamantine lustre.
Australian Yellow sapphire rough from the Anakie district in central Queensland is my favourite material for faceted gemstones.
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Pillar of the Community
 United States
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Lol. That coin looks awful, but I sure would love to own one myself. How much was it? Well as what I was told, he the guy that owns the LCS thought that they might sell as something to go with the copper bullion rounds. I bought two the other day he had them reduced for $9.95 US to $6.00 US. He wasn't selling them as investments, but I have seen these and the copper rounds being sold at gun shows to the preppers for the coming end days. Like how many of the preppers will have the needed tools and knowledge to put the tin into a useful product! At some of the gun shows I have seen the coppers for up to $15.95 and the tin @$12.95 If you think you want to invest in copper I would buy either of the items in the photo.  Copper balls, mini ingots or native copper  here is the ingots and copper balls not as good as brass ones, but get just as cold!  |
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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
3079 Posts |
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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Pillar of the Community
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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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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Canada
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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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Posted 05/25/2013 06:27 am
