5 Pound Copper Ingot Hand Poured by Blacksmith

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This is a fine example of a hand poured Five pound bar weighing in at over 5 pounds 7 ounces of pure .999 Copper. This tops the scales at 5.45 which is almost a half pound over. . It measures 5 1/2" Long by 2 1/4" wide by 1 1/2" Tall and will make a great addition to your Metal Collection. Why Buy Copper Bars? It’s Cheap. Try and build an electric motor with Gold or Silver. Try making Bullets out of Gold. The Bronze Age would have never happened if the Cavemen didn’t use Copper. Try and make a Sword or a Shield out of Tin or Aluminum. Try and get change for a dozen eggs from a farmer using a Gold Coin? Copper has been the medium of exchange for over five thousand years and will continue to be for the next five thousand years with or without any form of government. Since the Gold Rush of 1849, Blacksmiths have been casting Bullion, making wagon wheels to get where you are going and building Bridges, Carriages, Plows and even horseshoes. Blacksmiths have a reputation to uphold out in the West. Their lives and livelihoods depend on it. You can always tell a hand poured Copper Ingot; They have holes in it. Sure, they can be smoothed down by grinders and polishers, but the best bars were made on a Wood Fire using bellows to take the temperature up to 1852 degrees melting temp. When the air hits it, you have little holes in it. If you read more

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