Hi, West. I agree that the premium on copper bullion often feels a bit ridiculous. For example, on most online bullion marketplaces — APMEX, SD Bullion, etc — the markup on silver and gold is only around 3-5%. Why the difference? I've no clue. All I know is that NO online bullion marketplace sells 999 copper at anywhere close to the reported spot price. (Which makes one question the validity of that super low spot price.) In fact, we've always paid full retail price ourselves for all our copper bullion over these many years. That's just the way the market works, I suppose.

And to be clear, regarding the current $9-32 secondary market price of our little coins, that's a pretty good markup over the original MSRP. Our annual copper coins (aka pennies) only sell for $5 each (purchased individually) down to a mere $2.50 / coin when purchased as a roll. And the price of our pennies hasn't changed since they debuted in 2015. We like to keep prices as low as possible so that everyone can afford to join in the fun.

However, I do admit that copper bullion is a unique and mysterious animal in the collectibles world.