fake copper?

[mrrosado]

How do you know if copper is fake? Their seems to be an abundance of rounds on eBay.

[scyther]

I doubt it would be worth faking. Copper's not very expensive. Unless it's under spot, I wouldn't worry about it.

[uthminsta]

What would they make it with?

[shinnosuke]

What would they make it with?

Yeah, tongue stain won't work.

[Market Harmony]

Fake copper? Never heard of such a thing. I would suppose that copper would have to be worth about $100 per pound before you saw fakes... At that time, however, the alternative of fake "other stuff" would be more profitable than trying to fake copper.

[Engineer]

How do you know if copper is fake?

It's dated 1983 or later.

[scyther]

How do you know if copper is fake?

It's dated 1983 or later.

It's those pesky 1982s you have to weigh to see if they're real or not.

[Crescendo]

What are the copper rounds selling for dollars per pound that you're seeing?

[ZenOps]

Haha. 1997 Canadians are also fake copper. 2000 Cdn nickels are fake nickel.

2012 Five and Ten British pence are also fake copper and nickel. Not only the US empire, but the British empire is also joining the fray.

Just because governments and central banks do it, does not make a small refiner any less likely to do it.

[penny pretty]

How do you know if copper is fake? Their seems to be an abundance of rounds on eBay.

are you talking about copper eagles, or comemeratives?