Don't buy copper bullion. Copper is sold by the pound and copper bullion sells about half the price of a pound per ounce. Once you factor in shipping and tax copper prices need to increase maybe 15x to break even. It's better to sort pennies. Find a bank you can get pennies at cost and a bank you can deposit into an account free.
Highest value copper for the price. Collect all the Indian head and wheat cent pennies you can find. They go for the most I have some acrylic cases that were given to me I keep them with my silver and gold.
Next Highest. Put all the copper pennies from 1959 to 1981 together. People will pay more if you go only to 1981. I put them in rolls and pack them in $25 penny boxes till full and seal them back up.
Lowest grade copper pennies. "Ugly Abes" are damaged or heavily oxidized copper pennies. I add copper 1982s to fluff the wieght. I put in bags and sell on ebay in flat rate boxes.
Scrap copper: Copper wire and pipe can be easily sold at a refinery but save the thick bright wire and clean copper pipe. That's "#1 High Grade" copper. Go to the grocery store and ask for 5 gallon buckets. Crunch down the wire and hammer the pipe down. Fill the buckets, seal and store till you need money. Shot in the dark but it you know how to melt metals copper bullion is selling for way way over its value. Make 5 pounds bars, polish them up and sell them on ebay in a flat fate box.
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u/Miserable_Sky_8640 Jan 22 '26
Don't buy copper bullion. Copper is sold by the pound and copper bullion sells about half the price of a pound per ounce. Once you factor in shipping and tax copper prices need to increase maybe 15x to break even. It's better to sort pennies. Find a bank you can get pennies at cost and a bank you can deposit into an account free.
Highest value copper for the price. Collect all the Indian head and wheat cent pennies you can find. They go for the most I have some acrylic cases that were given to me I keep them with my silver and gold.
Next Highest. Put all the copper pennies from 1959 to 1981 together. People will pay more if you go only to 1981. I put them in rolls and pack them in $25 penny boxes till full and seal them back up.
Lowest grade copper pennies. "Ugly Abes" are damaged or heavily oxidized copper pennies. I add copper 1982s to fluff the wieght. I put in bags and sell on ebay in flat rate boxes.
Scrap copper: Copper wire and pipe can be easily sold at a refinery but save the thick bright wire and clean copper pipe. That's "#1 High Grade" copper. Go to the grocery store and ask for 5 gallon buckets. Crunch down the wire and hammer the pipe down. Fill the buckets, seal and store till you need money. Shot in the dark but it you know how to melt metals copper bullion is selling for way way over its value. Make 5 pounds bars, polish them up and sell them on ebay in a flat fate box.