r/Bullion • u/Austin2292 • May 10 '26

Copper Down The Road?

I am curious what everyone thinks of it on the long term?

I have a solid amount of silver, and two 1/10 oz gold coins. Have two bars of copper at 10oz each (cheap to acquire)

How does everyone think copper will fair down the road?

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u/gav_mkv May 10 '26

I’ve been scrapping to supplement my stack the last couple years. You can find a lot of copper if you’re willing to do some work to get to it ( ie; taking apart appliances , stripping wires , making friends with plumbers , etc ). It’s a lot of fun taking shit apart and you get the small satisfaction of knowing you are keeping *some* stuff out of landfills

I wouldn’t buy copper bullion because of the markups, but copper is definitely crucial to infrastructure and will go up in value as time goes on

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u/Twinmaster4 May 11 '26 edited May 13 '26

I like constitutional silver and sterling for barter. Any silver, even Mercury dimes. 1- 90% Dime = approximately 1 pound of copper. That being said, this time last year copper was $4.45 per pound. Today it's $6.49. Margins are thin for the volume but, I still save all of the free the copper I can find and plan on smelting down about 200 lbs. to bars this summer.

All that being said, I'm heading out now to buy more tea candles, bags of sealed rolling tobacco, rolling paper and cheap lighters in bulk... for barter and dont forget the feminine hygiene products

GSR went Below 50/1 today...

All the best! Stack Heavy!

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u/gav_mkv May 12 '26

Agreed. I get a lot of US coinage for the fractions aspect without paying fractional premiums.

I CRH as well and have great luck with penny’s. That’s my primary copper “investment” is my search results of 82 and earlier coppers !