Copper Country Bi-Metal Bullion

A Unique Copper and Silver Bullion Coin This special copper and silver bullion coin honors the famous Quincy Mine in Hancock, Michigan, located on the scenic Keweenaw Peninsula. The original coin was minted from a massive blank weighing 36 grams of pure .997 copper. This special edition coin has been fitted with a center plug of 1.7 grams of sterling silver, containing 1/20 of a troy ounce of fine silver. Michigan's Copper Country is unique in that most of the copper found is the pure copper metal, rather than copper oxides or sulfides found in most other copper mining districts. This bullion coin represents halfbreed ore, in which a sample of pure silver and pure copper are found in the same rock. The Upper Peninsula of Michigan is one of the only places this ore is found. On the coin obverse is a high relief image of a miner with pick, oil lamp, and pipe. The reverse side depicts the still-standing Quincy #2 shaft-house, a National Historic Site, viewed from the south. Each bi-metal