Collecting Copper: Designs, Series and What Makes a Round Interesting
What separates one copper round from another: relief and strike quality, finish, edges and design families, how series collecting works, and which seller claims...
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How a Copper Round Is Made: Blanking, Striking and Finishing
A step by step look at how a one troy ounce copper round is generally made: melting and rolling, blanking, rimming, striking inside a...
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Tubes, Capsules and Packaging: What Actually Protects Your Metal
Tubes, capsules, flips and boxes each solve a different problem. A calm look at what copper bullion packaging actually protects against, what it doesn't,...
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How to Spot Plated or Fake Copper Bullion
Weight, density, magnets and edge checks you can do at home on a copper piece, what each one actually proves, and where home testing...
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Why You Should Never Polish Bullion
Copper darkens as it ages, and polishing it back removes metal rather than dirt. What abrasives and household acids actually do to a struck...
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Where Bullion Copper Comes From, and Why It Is Endlessly Recyclable
Bullion copper comes from both mined ore and recycled scrap, and after refining the two meet the same specification. Here is what .999 fine...
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What Actually Moves the Copper Price
Copper trades on global exchanges in US dollars, but the price of a one ounce bar in New Zealand moves for different reasons. A...
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Copper and the Electricity Grid: Where the Metal Actually Goes
Copper is called the metal of electrification. Here is where it physically sits in a power network, where aluminium is used instead, and why...
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What a Monster Box Actually Is
Monster Box is trade shorthand for 500 one-ounce pieces, not a certified standard. Here is what it means for copper in New Zealand: the...
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