Colgan Mint Chip empty tins?

[Belfast1933]

Would love to hear more about the Colgan Mint Chips tin and cards… I’ve seen the cards on their own but have found them to be a little dull - no color, kind of small

But I just saw this image of the card WITH and INSIDE the original Tin (see below, not my card) and am thinking this might be a cool new and different addition to my HOF collection

Can anyone shed any light on this set AND the tins? Are the empty tins expensive and/or hard to find? And I assume I could buy them seperate and apart but and card from that set will fit any empty tin?

That true?

Thx for any info!

Jeff

[swarmee]

Tins are not that expensive. I remember buying one for like $30.

[RCMcKenzie]

I have these somewhere in a drawer. They came as a throw-in with a small lot that I bought. I have about 50 of the cards from buying lots of a dozen or so. I thought of going for the set, and changed my mind due to the set's giant size. I think the cards are kind of neat, especially the Hofer's.

[BobC]

As others have said, not that expensive or rare at all. I've got about 8 or so tins myself, with them being of the two designs shown by what RCMcKenzie posted images of. The Mint Chips tins are a dark, forest green type of color, while the Violet Chips tins are a very light reddish-purple, violet type color, as shown in the posted images. I have seen some Violet Chips tins that appear to be a little darker, reddish tone as well. Not sure if there may be other color variations or not, or if these differences could also be due to time, aging, sunlight, fading, etc. The tins do add a little something if you go to display the cards/chips with them.

[Fred]

About 30 years ago (probably more) I found one at an antique store and it had a piece of gum and a card in it.

[Vintagedeputy]

I think the tins are cool. I have just started getting into the Colgan's proof side of things myself. I recently purchased this small group that hadn't seen the light of day in many, many years.

[Belfast1933]

Originally Posted by BobC

As others have said, not that expensive or rare at all. I've got about 8 or so tins myself, with them being of the two designs shown by what RCMcKenzie posted images of. The Mint Chips tins are a dark, forest green type of color, while the Violet Chips tins are a very light reddish-purple, violet type color, as shown in the posted images. I have seen some Violet Chips tins that appear to be a little darker, reddish tone as well. Not sure if there may be other color variations or not, or if these differences could also be due to time, aging, sunlight, fading, etc. The tins do add a little something if you go to display the cards/chips with them.

Great background, thx…. Is there a way to know which tin a card may have come in?

[Belfast1933]

Hallelujah! Finally something for my collection/display that won’t break the bank.

If anyone would like to sell a nice looking tin, please feel free to message me - I think the tin and the card together would look pretty cool (maybe even 2 cards, one in each of the 2 tins)

Thx

Jeff

[BobC]

Originally Posted by Belfast1933

Great background, thx…. Is there a way to know which tin a card may have come in?

To my knowledge, absolutely no way to tell if only certain cards were distributed in one or the other versions of the tins (Violet or Mint Chips tins). Both tin versions are the exact same size and dimensions, so I would suspect the only thing that varied between the two tin versions was the flavor of the accompanying gum. The actual Colgan's Chip cards would have likely been randomly inserted in either gum flavor tin. My understanding was they came one card per tin.

As someone else mentioned, tins with gum chips still inside have been found and do exist. I guess that could add to a display, but I sure wouldn't try chewing a piece. Being that old and dried out, I'd speculate the gum chips would be hardened and possibly brittle, more like a Necco wafer, if you know what I'm talking about. Have fun, you shouldn't have too much trouble finding a decent tin or two for your collection.