8 VINTAGE 1960s COKE COCA COLA MLB Al Kaline Oliva ALL STARS BOTTLE CAP LOT CAPS

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8 VINTAGE 1960s COKE COCA COLA MLB Al Kaline Oliva ALL STARS BOTTLE CAP LOT
CAPS.
Listing includes lot of (8) different MLB All-Stars bottle caps. This listing includes:
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Al Kaline All-Star
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Elston Howard All-Star
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Tony Oliva All-Star
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Cleon Jones All-Star
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Jim Nash All-Star
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Max Alvis All-Star
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Leon Wagner All-Star
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Paul Casanova All-Star
See pictures for overall condition. I will be listing many NFL & MLB Coke Caps today so please check our other listings.
History of the Coke (Coca Cola) MLB & NFL player bottle caps:
The 1964 Coke bottle top offering presents a solid mixture of teams from both leagues, either 34 or 35 players per squad, plus there were also 44 “All-Star” caps from each league.
“There were set collectors, a lot of team collectors and a lot of college collectors. “The interest piqued many years ago, but it has come back to a certain extent.”
The “All-Star” caps are generally easier to find than the average team versions due to wider distribution. The hardest teams to find were the Dallas Cowboys, Houston Oilers, anything on the West Coast and most AFL teams.
The ’65 Green Bay Packers, in their heyday of Coach Vince Lombardi’s era, are the only team that surpasses Namath and Co. in the Coke cap issue. That Packers set, with 36 caps, the standard that season, features several Hall of Famers including Paul Hornung, Ray Nitschke, and Bart Starr.
For the third and final Coke football cap set of the period, the 1966 offering is the trio’s biggest. Namath and the Packers dominate much of the issue, again, as do most of the stars from the previous two sets, but Chicago Bears legends Dick Butkus and Gale Sayers also make the highlight reel.
Many of the 1964-66 Coke football caps survived, but expect dings, bends, scratches and at least some rust, most of the time, anyway, since through normal use, wear and time they can be hard enough to locate in better shape. Then again, countless thousands, likely millions, of these caps were affixed to the saver sheets that came one to a carton.
Once the saver sheets were filled, collectors often redeemed them at their local Coke bottling plant for tickets, football gear and other prizes, consequently, finding the sheets today offers a true challenge, especially in above average condition.
Please see photos and ask any questions you may have before purchasing to ensure any concerns with this listing are addressed.