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Technology ArticleCollecting Cans A beverage can (or drinks can) is most often an aluminum can manufactured to hold a single serving of a beverage. There were once cans in the United States called cone tops and crowntainers which had tops that were conical, rather than flat. (These have been used in 2008 for packaging Coca-Cola's Caribou Coffee beverage.) Cone top cans were sealed by the same caps that were put on bottles. There were three types of conetops — high profile, low profile, and j-spout. The low profile and j-spout were the earliest, dating from about 1935, the same as the flat top cans that had to be opened with an opener. The crowntainer was a different type of can that was drawn steel with a bottom cap and the favorite of some collectors. Various breweries used crowntainers and conetops until the late 1950s, but not every brewery used every variety mentioned above. Crowntainers were developed by Crown Cork & Seal, now known as Crown Holdings, Inc., a leading beverage packaging and beverage can producer. Beer can collecting was a minor fad in the late 70's and 80's. However, as canned beer lost favor to bottled beer, the hobby waned rapidly in popularity. The Beer can Collectors of America, founded in 1970, was an organization supporting the hobby, but has now renamed itself Brewery Collectibles Club of America. Wikipedia Disclaimer Above information is from wikipedia and is freely distributed under the GNU license Also See: All Articles |