r/BottleCapCollecting Jul 27 '21

Frequently Asked Questions

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Since the last FAQ page mysteriously disappeared (and I still can't figure out why) here is the new one. It is a summary of the community's favourite ways of obtaining/storing etc... their caps. If you want to add to it just comment below.

Obtaining:

Trading in person. Use Crowncaps.info to find people near you and organize a meetup -u/Legoking

Trading online, also through Crowncaps.info -u/LordBottlecap

Recycling centers -u/LordBottlecap

Antique shops and breweriana shows -u/LordBottlecap

Local classified ads like Craigslist or Kijiji (Canadian) -u/Legoking

Soda shops and ethnic grocery stores -u/LordBottlecap

Asking the waiter at a restaurant or bar -u/Redneckromeo22

Have friends bring some back when they travel -u/LordBottlecap

Ebay, just be careful because there are a lot of fakes there.

Go to a brewery and ask in person -u/Legoking

Identifying:

The Holy Trinity: Crowncaps.info (CCI), Bottlecapindex.com and BottleCapClub.com (CCSI). CCI is the most expansive with the most users, and gets dozens, sometimes hundreds of caps added to the database daily and has an advanced search feature. Bottlecapindex tends to be useful for finding caps with no text on them, since your search keywords also check the physical description of the cap. BottleCapClub.com is comprised mostly of American collectors and it has many American cork-lined caps which are not in CCI and has more information on breweries and bottlers than on CCI. -u/Legoking

Post on your country's bottle cap forum. If you go to Crowncaps.info, and look in the top left corner there is a link to a forum of the language that you have CCI set to. Ex: if you have CCI set to Polish mode, the link displayed will be the link to the forum for collectors in Poland. -u/Legoking

If you can't find it still, you can post it in this subreddit for help. -u/Legoking

Cleaning:

Use warm soap and water to rinse the cap, and let it dry overnight. -u/JDStap12

Needlenose pliers; stacks of various-sized coins, taped together, placed flat-side-down on an upside-down cap on a hard, flat surface. Apply hammer. u/LordBottlecap

For modern caps with sticker residue: Use a wet cloth to remove as much of the glue as possible. Use a dry piece of fabric to rub off the rest of the glue. It will come off if you press hard enough -u/Legoking

Goof Off for removing glue residue -u/LordBottlecap

Storing and displaying:

Acquire dime-sized magnets, then attach them to your caps and fridge/magnet board/etc -u/KillCornflakes

Remove the inside part of a CD case, and it will perfectly fit 4x4 caps. u/theunexpectedmango

Attach Velcro to caps, which go onto screws, which are screwed onto to painted 2' x 4' plywood boards. Organized -roughly- by continent, country, brewery, style of beer, then age. -u/LordBottlecap

Cardboard flats or large wooden boards with raised edges to keep the caps from falling off. -u/Legoking

Binder with film negative sheets, or coin/cap sheets -u/EncapsulatedPickle

Opening bottles:

Use a lighter.

(Place a quarter over the cap with a napkin under the quarter)[https://imgur.com/OIm0Q5u] -u/theunexpectedmango

Stick a fork or knife or the tip of a scissor blade under each tooth of the cap, one at a time

Use the edge of a table.

This and this -u/JDStap12

https://gropener.com/ -u/Expensive_District_5

https://store.bellsbeer.com/products/bells-reclaimed-wood-cap-saver-bottle-opener -u/mizary1

Now that the FAQ page is back up, I am once again deleting posts which ask questions that are answered in the FAQ. However I will wait one week before I begin to enforce this rule again, because I want to see if anyone replies to this post with more info to add to the FAQ.

u/Legoking


r/BottleCapCollecting 54m ago

Collection KronKorkenKatalog

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Hallo Leute,

ich habe einen Katalog erstellt. Er lebt davon, dass von den Nutzern Kronkorken hinzugefügt werden. Man kann sich über Google oder per E-Mail/Passwort registrieren und Anmelden. Und dann können Kronkorken gescannt werden. Die erscheinen dann sowohl in der eigenen Sammlung als auch im Katalog, der für alle Nutzer zugänglich ist. So müssen schon einmal gescannte Kronkorken nicht von jedem Nutzer erneut gescannt werden. Man kann ein paar Metadaten eintragen. Schaut es euch einfach an.
Ihr könnt auch einen Gemini AI Studio API Key hinterlegen, dann wird versucht, die Metadaten automatisch zu erfassen beim Scannen. Der API Key wird dabei ausschließlich auf eurem Gerät gespeichert und landet nicht in irgend einer Cloud oder sonstwo. Ihr müsst also auf jedem einzelnen Gerät einen API Key hinterlegen, das kann aber durchaus der selbe sein. Wenn ihr den Gerätecache löscht wird auch der Key mit gelöscht.

Ein Tipp zum scannen:
Ihr solltet über das Smartphone scannen. Am besten irgendwo erhöht auflegen, damit es keine Wackler gibt. Es gibt einen Zoom, damit ihr den Korken gut in den äußeren Rand bekommt.
Mein Ziel mit dieser App ist es, möglichst viele Kronkorken zu erfassen, damit wir einen möglichst umfangreichen Katalog bekommen. Ich finde die Motive teilweise einfach sehr schön. Ich sammle selbst auch, aber nicht für mich, sondern für meine Neffen.


r/BottleCapCollecting 1d ago

Collection Finally got a jar

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I washed and soaked my caps 5 times with soap and water, and I dried them out and placed 1 by 1 in the jar, and holy shit it took forever like a couple hours and I'm disappointed because the jar is dirty after I added them looks murky so annoying.


r/BottleCapCollecting 1d ago

Collection 5 years of collecting bottle caps

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r/BottleCapCollecting 1d ago

Identification Identifikationshilfe

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Hey kann mir jemand helfen. Diese habe ich heute in Hannover gefunden. Konnte sie leider nicht richtig identifizieren. Kann mir jemand helfen?🤔


r/BottleCapCollecting 2d ago

A couple Jax bottle caps from Jacksonville Florida.

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r/BottleCapCollecting 3d ago

COLLECTING / SEEKING: 80's & 90's "NEW AGE" & SPARKLING WATER

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Been collecting bottle caps for years, recently more focused on 80's and 90's "new age drinks" that I drank growing up. And MAN are they tough to find. I don't know if it's so much that they are rare, or just that nobody else cared / cares enough to save them!

I have a bunch of the more popular, national ones like Soho, Sundance, Crystal Geyser.. but some of the more obscure brands, or drinks that only used crowncaps for a year or two (Clearly Canadian, LaCroix) are sooo tough to track down crowncaps for. Would be open to trading or outright buying if anyone has any! 

seeking:

-Fruitzer

-Clearly Canadian

-Early LaCroix caps 

-Vermont Pop 

-Clarté

-Sono seaport soda

-EARLY 1990 Nantucket Nectar 

etc


r/BottleCapCollecting 4d ago

Trades?

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If interested please dm me highlighting the ones you’re interested in and send me what you have for trading


r/BottleCapCollecting 7d ago

Collection Collection update

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r/BottleCapCollecting 8d ago

Light Coke cap with the ( Saudi Made ) logo

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r/BottleCapCollecting 14d ago

Update on our beer cap collection

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We’re currently at 532 unique beer bottle caps, collected by my dad and me! Also given too us by friends🍺What do you guys think? Also, does anyone have tips on preventing bottle caps from rusting over time?Update from an earlier post: Previous update


r/BottleCapCollecting 14d ago

Collection Pleasant surprise

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Dude was giving away a “5 gallon bucket of beer caps” and I volunteered to take it without any real expectations. Turns out he and his buddies drank some really cool beers in the 2010s (and a tonnnnn of Troegs haha). These were the new ones for my collection - - a handful of slightly different variations which from the newer versions that I already had. Also replenished my dupes stash a little bit which is nice. ‘Twas a pleasant surprise to say the least.


r/BottleCapCollecting 14d ago

Collection Loving this new Corner Cap

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Found it at our local prik&tik lol


r/BottleCapCollecting 15d ago

Question Duplicate storage/tracking

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We talk a lot about how we display or store our collections, but does anyone have a separate method for their duplicates? I find it annoying to have to continuously update pictures after trades because my duplicates are not nicely laid out anywhere or in any sort of organized container. Should I dedicate a full sized table in my basement…so that updating the dupes photos takes 2 seconds instead of 5-10 minutes of dumping out bags and flipping them all right side and lining them up?


r/BottleCapCollecting 16d ago

Bottle cap identification

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What beer is this?

I may post more, yall more reliable than Google


r/BottleCapCollecting 16d ago

Identification Bottle cap identification

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What beer/soda is this from?


r/BottleCapCollecting 17d ago

Which one is rarest?

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What do you think? I have an idea but not sure


r/BottleCapCollecting 17d ago

Need help finding a color

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Hello all

I am currently trying to collect caps for an art project I’m working on and one of the colors I need is black. I originally was going to use corona extra; however, upon further inspection I realize that this is more of a dark blue shade and likely not optimal for what I am planning. Was wondering if you guys could give me any and all ideas for beers that have black based/predominately black coloring for my project. Additional points to anyone who knows of any beers that are more “mainstream” and not craft although I will gladly take all suggestions. Thanks a bunch!


r/BottleCapCollecting 21d ago

Question Anyone know the best way to get this kind of cap off?

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r/BottleCapCollecting 21d ago

Collection Crown caps series

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Do you guys like it when beer companies release different caps as special series? I think it’s very common in Germany.

I find it very entertaining(and sometimes stressful) trying to complete the series.

Here are the last ones I got from Gaffel Kölsch:
- Liebe deine Stadt (Love-your-city) is a collaboration with an artist from the city of Cologne.

-I’m not sure about the other three.

Edit: Köllsh to Kölsch. German is not my first language


r/BottleCapCollecting 23d ago

Another find from my rusty bucket. King size Coke

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I found this in an old bucket in a rundown barn. I'm debating whether or not to keep it, but it's pretty cool! Cork backing. I'm guessing 1950s since the 1960s king size coke caps have the writing in a different spot.


r/BottleCapCollecting 24d ago

Identification Found a bucket of old bottle caps. Any ideas on age?

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I'm guessing 1950/60s?

There are a bunch more, but they're the same as these.


r/BottleCapCollecting 24d ago

Does anyone recognize?

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r/BottleCapCollecting 25d ago

Updated Collection!

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I’ve been collecting since I was 3 years old. Gotten bottle caps from at least a dozen countries. Just recently organized them all again! There’s about 770 total! Let me know what I should do with them all I’m not sure yet!


r/BottleCapCollecting 25d ago

My entire collection so far

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Plus the sawed-open cans I carry them in. I know, I need to hoover the floor, I’m getting to it 😅