Minnesota’s Own Slogan, Cast in Copper
The Minnesota Stacking Across America 1 oz Copper Bar carries the state’s real tourism line, Explore Minnesota.com, across the top of the obverse, the same words that run along the top of an actual Minnesota plate. Below it sits a lake scene with a lone boat on the water and STACKING in bold navy letters over the shoreline. It holds one avoirdupois ounce of .999 fine copper.
The Design
A tree line and a strip of blue water open the obverse, a single small boat sitting on the lake, then STACKING runs across the center in large block letters, and 10,000 Lakes sits underneath it in the same navy. A blue corner tab reads 2027, standing in for the plate’s registration sticker, with mounting-slot cutouts worked into all four corners the way a real plate has them. 10,000 Lakes, the state’s own line, printed straight onto the bar. The reverse drops the color entirely: an engraved American flag with a dashed road line running through the stripes, and STACKIN’ ACROSS AMERICA across the lower half.
An Avoirdupois Ounce, Not a Troy Ounce
The reverse marks the weight as 1oz AVDP. That’s the avoirdupois ounce, the same one a kitchen scale uses, not the troy ounce that silver and gold bullion is weighed in. A different ounce, so this bar and a 1 oz silver bar do not sit on a scale the same way, even sharing the same “1 oz” on the label.
Copper’s own metal value is small next to what a colorized, designed bar like this one costs. Priced for the design, not the copper inside it, true of colorized copper collectibles as a category, not a knock on this piece specifically.
How It’s Marked
AVDP and .999 CU are engraved into the reverse itself, beside the flag, not printed on a separate card. Stamped into the metal, so the bar in hand reads the same as the description of it.
Minnesota Stacking Across America Copper Bar Specifications
One avoirdupois ounce of .999 fine copper, struck as a rectangular bar with rounded corners, a colorized lake-and-shoreline obverse, and a plain engraved copper reverse. .999 fine copper, one avoirdupois ounce.
Minnesota Stacking Across America Copper Bar FAQ
Is this real .999 copper?
Yes. .999 CU is engraved directly into the reverse. .999 fine copper, marked on the bar itself.
Is an avoirdupois ounce the same as a troy ounce?
No. Silver and gold bullion is weighed in troy ounces, and this bar is marked 1oz AVDP, the avoirdupois ounce. Two different ounces, so a weight comparison across metals needs the conversion, not just the number on the label.
Why does the bar say Explore Minnesota.com?
That’s the state’s own tourism slogan, printed the same way it runs across the top of an actual Minnesota license plate. Taken from the real plate, along with the 10,000 Lakes line underneath it.
Is this bar worth its price in copper?
No. Copper’s melt value is small, and a colorized bar like this one is priced for the design, not the metal. That’s true of colorized copper collectibles generally, not specific to this one.
Is this part of a larger series?
The reverse names it Stackin’ Across America, a series built around state license plate designs. Named on the bar, one state per release.
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