Copper Stacking

[searcher]

Philly Stacker

Copper stacking: Is it time?

Jan 17, 2026
Today I explore is copper stacking right for this silver stacker.


10:36

 

[Fatrat]

Well, it's cheaper...pennies are best.

 

[nickndfl]

Like these that were $2?

 

[Bottom Feeder]

Copper!??
Silber is heavy enough already.
I ain't gonna try to stockpile copper @ six buck a pound.
One ton = $11,700 — woopie shit!

 

[pmbug]

Some of the OG copper stackers on realcent.org collected barrels/drums full of pre-82 cents (the copper ones, not the modern zincs). It's not easy to liquidate hundreds of pounds of cents. Non-numismatic copper is probably best left to trading paper vehicles for price exposure than stacking for the long haul. $.02

 

[Wellsburg]

I have been keeping Pre-1982 Lincoln cents and tossing them into 5 gallon size buckets in the basement since the late 90's. There are three full to the brim and a fourth about half full. I still occasionally throw a few in there, but don't get many in change like years ago.

We moved in 2020 and I could not believe the amount of weight involved. Actually had to transfer these pennies into cloth bags to carry them out of the house, because I could not lift these buckets. And the handles would fail anyway.

Then, I found several bags of wheat cents I forgot about, pushed to the back of a bottom shelf of a work bench hidden behind paint cans and my nut/bolt/screw collection. 5,000 cents per bag. More heavy lifting.

Just thinking that I need to start getting rid of this stuff before I die. The wife would not appreciate me leaving that for her.

 

[foolsgold]

Wood stacking. Get in on the ground floor.

 

[Someone_else]

It's not easy to liquidate hundreds of pounds of cents.

I also don't have any urge to invest in the raw metal. Exactly what can you do or make with it? Over the years, I have asked several times what one can do with a bucket of nickels. The alloy does not seem to have any useful purpose, except one: washers that are somewhat softer than steel and resist corrosion.

If I did want to invest in copper, I would be looking at products that are tightly coupled to the price of copper. If I had some electrician friends, I would look into buying copper wire, and I had plumber friends, I would think about buying copper pipe and tubing, with the goal of selling them later to the professionals who need it for their livelihood.

 

[Someone_else]

Wood stacking. Get in on the ground floor.

That is a good idea, but your picture leaves some questions.
This does not seem to be the place where your splitter is, it almost looks like you split the wood somewhere else, put it in a truck, and then just dumped it there.
The location does not "feel" (to me) like the right place to stack firewood. Maybe it is closer to the house than I perceive from the picture.
The wood does look pretty good for burning. Is it oak? My firewood is almost all pine.

 

[foolsgold]

That is a good idea, but your picture leaves some questions.
This does not seem to be the place where your splitter is, it almost looks like you split the wood somewhere else, put it in a truck, and then just dumped it there.
The location does not "feel" (to me) like the right place to stack firewood. Maybe it is closer to the house than I perceive from the picture.
The wood does look pretty good for burning. Is it oak? My firewood is almost all pine.

It's my two cord of split wood delivery. I was poking fun at the thread.

 

[Someone_else]

It's my two cord of split wood delivery. I was poking fun at the thread.

Fair enough. That pile does look shy of a 10 ton truck load, though. Maybe my eyes and brain are tricking me.

Edit: I should check the price of another 10 ton truck load and get it delivered pronto.

 

[foolsgold]

Yes mostly red oak.

 

[Someone_else]

Yes mostly red oak.

It's good to burn. I wish I could have oak to add after getting the pine started.

 

[nickndfl]

I have been keeping Pre-1982 Lincoln cents and tossing them into 5 gallon size buckets in the basement since the late 90's. There are three full to the brim and a fourth about half full. I still occasionally throw a few in there, but don't get many in change like years ago.

We moved in 2020 and I could not believe the amount of weight involved. Actually had to transfer these pennies into cloth bags to carry them out of the house, because I could not lift these buckets. And the handles would fail anyway.

Then, I found several bags of wheat cents I forgot about, pushed to the back of a bottom shelf of a work bench hidden behind paint cans and my nut/bolt/screw collection. 5,000 cents per bag. More heavy lifting.

Just thinking that I need to start getting rid of this stuff before I die. The wife would not appreciate me leaving that for her.

Sell the pennies and buy some platinum coins.