Day 352 17 December 2024
For the next three days I will show you my PSA Graded 1967 and 1968 Coca Cola Soda Caps with the various variations, which Brooks Robinson appeared on. Before I discuss what I have on hand, some background. The Coca Cola Soda Caps come in various flavors or sizes, such as Coca Cola, King Size Coca Cola, West Virginia Tax Mil, Sprite, King Size Sprite, Tab, Fresca, Root Beer Fanta, Orange Fanta, and Grape Fanta. There are two different years for the Team Coca Cola Bottle Caps that is distinguishable by the position appearing or not appearing to the right of the face. Coca Cola had Bobble Caps for many of the players for each team. The Oriole Players are identified by an O followed by a number to the left of the face. With Brooks Robinson, he was #10 in the set preceded by an O (i.e., O10). If the position appears at the right of the face, that is a 1967/68 Coca Cola Cap. Technically, I believe the Coca Cola Caps were produced in 1967 but PSA grades them as 1967/68. If no position to the right of the face, the Cap is a 1968. This was only true for the Team Coca Cola Caps. You know it is 1967 when you see #O10 with position / IF for Brooks. In 1968, a cap was produced for the teams without the position to the right. PSA often times marks the 1967 and 1968 wrong. If you are confused, it gets worse. You also have the All Star Set with a number to the left of the face and a Star to the right of the face. There were 35 different caps from Coca Cola, Tab or Fresca. Brooks Robinson is #3. The other variation is the AL and NL All Star Set, which would have A for American League and N for National League. With this set, Brooks Robinson is A21. I believe to have all the variations of Caps you would need over 500. I will not begin to describe the regional caps outside of what I have for Brooks Robinson such as the WV version.
Today, I will show you the 1967/68 Brooks Robinson from the from the All Star Set depicted with the number 3. In the picture provided, you will see a Fanta Orange, Fanta Root Beer, Coca Cola WV, Coca Cola, Sprite, Tab WV, Tab, Tab and Fresca. These are all part of my PSA Master Set except the Coca Cola WV Bottle Cap; I have not added it yet. The WV Tab and WV Coca Cola Cap is impossible to find and the Fanta Versions are hard to find, too. I Found a near set of the West Virginia Bottle Caps (minus Mantle and someone Clemente) including two of Brooks I bought from a guy for $2,500 and had the HoFers graded and made a profit of $5,000. Based on what I learned from a few big dealers, I sold the big name players from $500-$800 each. I sold them with no real negotiation. My Brooks would likely fetch $600-$800. Selling is not my thing but to get the two WV Brooks caps, I had to do it!!!
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