Annual Data Courtesy of Global Financial Data at

http://www.globalfindata.com

  Copper Sheathing Copper Wiring
     
Year Price (cents/lb) Price (cents/lb)
1784 23.34 No data until 1927
1785 25.07  
1786 25.07  
1787 25.07  
1788 25.07  
1789 25.07  
1790 25.07  
1791 25.07  
1792 27.24  
1793 28.79  
1794 29.25  
1795 37  
1796 38  
1797 40  
1798 48.5  
1799 53  
1800 60  
1801 46.5  
1802 40  
1803 47.5  
1804 47.5  
1805 52.5  
1806 52.5  
1807 50  
1808 40  
1809 45  
1810 41.5  
1811 36.25  
1812 47.5  
1813 65  
1814 57.5  
1815 41  
1816 27  
1817 28.5  
1818 30  
1819 28  
1820 29.5  
1821 29.5  
1822 26.5  
1823 25.5  
1824 27.5  
1825 31.5  
1826 27.75  
1827 27  
1828 25  
1829 23.75  
1830 21.5  
1831 23  
1832 23  
1833 22.75  
1834 23  
1835 24.5  
1836 29.75  
1837 27.25  
1838 25.25  
1839 27.25  
1840 25.63  
1841 25.63  
1842 23.25  
1843 21.5  
1844 21.5  
1845 23  
1846 22.5  
1847 23  
1848 21  
1849 21  
1850 21  
1851 21.5  
1852 26.5  
1853 30.5  
1854 32  
1855 32  
1856 25.81  
1857 28  
1858 26  
1859 26.5  
1860 26  
1861 25  
1862 35  
1863 42.5  
1864 65  
1865 56.5  
1866 50  
1867 33  
1868 33  
1869 32  
1870 35  
1871 32  
1872 43  
1873 26  
1874 26  
1875 26  
1876 26  
1877 26  
1878 26  
1879 26  
1880 26  
1881 26  
1882 20  
1883 20  
1884 20  
1885 14.25  
1886 18.5  
1887 26.5  
1888 26.5  
1889 22  
1890 22  
1891 16  
1892 16  
1893 14  
1894 14  
1895 15  
1896 15  
1897 14  
1898 14  
1899 22.5  
1900 16.2  
1901 17.75  
1902 12.88  
1903 14.25  
1904 16.25  
1905 19.75  
1906 24.5  
1907 16.5  
1908 15.75  
1909 15.25  
1910 14.25  
1911 14.25  
1912 17.4  
1913 14.2  
1914 12.8  
1915 20.1  
1916 31.9  
1917 23.5  
1918 25.4  
1919 18.3  
1920 13.2  
1921 13.6  
1922 14.1  
1923 12.8  
1924 14.3  
1925 13.9  
1926 13.3  
1927 13.8 11.37
1928 15.8 13.42
1929 17.8 14.12
1930 10.3 7.95
1931 6.6 4.64
1932 4.8 3.35
1933 7.9 5.18
1934 8.8 5.4
1935 9 6.87
1936 10.8 8.74
1937 10 6.76
1938 11 7.07
1939 12.3 9.28
1940 11.8 8.87
1941 11.78 9.37
1942 11.78 9.37
1943 11.78 9.37
1944 11.78 9.37
1945 11.78 9.12
1946 19.28 15.75
1947 21.2 16.73
1948 23.2 18.99
1949 18.2 13.41
1950 24.2 20.25
1951 24.2 19
1952 24.2 19
1953 29.67 23.45
1954 29.7 26.62
1955 35 40.58
1956 35 26.06
1957 35 16.6
1958 35 19.84
1959 35 22.64
1960 35 20.55
1961 35 21.57
1962 35 21.46
1963 35 22
1964 35 30.38
1965 35 38.07
1966 36 37.64
1967 38.12 39
1968 42.12 35.11
1969 52.12 49.81
1970 53.12 24.68
1971 50.37 36
1972 50.63 39.5
1973 66.56 66
1974 73.03 39
1975 64.31 40.5
1976 66.1 46
1977 62.11 43.5
1978 71.73 56.5
1979 106.08 77
1980 89.2 63.5
1981 80.94 59
1982 73.17 51.5
1983 70.43 53
1984 65.26 43
1985 70.1 47.5
1986 65.91 44.2
1987 134.71 107
1988 167.8 99.5
1989 115.64 80
1990 124.39 90
1991 110.33 81
1992 111.13 85.5
1993 91.08 66.5
1994   106
1995   102
1996   81
1997   66.2
1998   66.94
1999    


Last Updated on 9/30/99
By Neal Ackerly