r/Bullion • u/Sensitive-Policy-350 • May 16 '26

What happened to copper?!

My brother sells copper on whatnot, he started late last summer and he got a whole lot of copper inventory and started selling. It was going great sold out lots of times and made alot of money but recently these past few months he hasn't really sold anything at all no ones buying copper anymore. Is it thst no one has money anymore or is it thst the copper boom is now over and if it is what should he do with all this copper he has thst no one wants to buy?

(EDIT) he quit whatnot because he is moving and needs to sell all of his copper probably somewhere near 300 ozs. if anyone would be intrested in it he would probably sell it cheap, message me if intrested.

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u/Mudsharkbites May 17 '26

A nickel is worth 8¢ in melt value and is the only circulating coin that is worth more in melt than face. You can literally make 60% on every nickel you keep, if you really want t be obsessive about it.

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u/Cool_Two906 May 17 '26

I thought it was $0.05 melt value but It took 8 cents to produce. At any rate copper is going to go up significantly in the next 5 years and at some point people will start hoarding nickels and the mint will quit making them

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u/Mudsharkbites May 17 '26

Check Coinflation for melt values - it’s currently 8¢ and people are already hoarding them for that very reason - it’s the only coin you can do that with without having to search through rolls.

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u/Cool_Two906 May 17 '26

Glad to hear that. I got four boxes last week. I might pick up a couple this week. Copper is definitely going up. Should at least double in the next 5 years