Copper Bars On Ebay What Gives?

The processing costs associated with molding the bars. copper is fairly expensive to process from collection to finished costs ,energy costs alone to smelt the metal, molds to accept the molten metal, and then of course wages paid for both as well as mining or other collection processes.

It all adds up to about 10 bucks a pound I would imagine.

2000 degree smelter and you're in like flynn.

Insightful post Bherring, I admit I save copper from the jobsite, to collect a pound is not exactly fast, I have the means to smelt the copper, and it's a time consuming as well as energy consuming endeavor.

I have quite a few sticks as I call them of copper,nickel and brass.

the molds I inquired about were over five hundred each, I made one that works for me.

you could use laquer, personally for the sticks I use a light oil, the difference between bullion bars and coins is immense, a person could actually polish a bar with 5-O steel wool and not actually damage its value.

I recently refinished a desk from 1957 for my home office and have been chomping at the bit to pull the
trigger on a nice shiny copper bar to use as a paper weight and to add to the desks appeal. The drawer pulls
are all solid copper and they polished up super nice. I too inquired about smelting my own and molding the bar
myself from salvaged copper and decided it is too dangerous and too costly to attempt. But I will be buying one
soon if I can find one for between $10 and $15. Great question, I can't wait to read the future responses.

buying copper bullion makes no sense......there is no numismatic value in that and you would be better of buying copper pennies....even though that method is suspect

I bought a 1 pound copper bar on ebay for $9.99 + $5 shipping (in one of those USPS flat rate boxes). It was just for fun, not an investment thing. It's glossy and shiny like a new copper cent. It goes well with my silver ingots. I was thinking of picking up another for fun and maybe a one pound nickel ingot. I've noticed 1 Kilo copper bars for around $22 but I don't think I want to go for one that much.

Collect copper wire instead. It's pure, and it's more readily useful. And it can still be ebay'ed if the quantity is useful enough.

I used to do that as a kid, scouring the local municipal rubbish dump. I would sell what I found to a scrap metal merchant, who was a friend of my dad. I sold copper scrap at three shillings and ninepence per pound.

That is how I obtained the finances to start my coin collection in the 1960's. there is no way I could pay for some of those coins now!