Bottle cap collecting

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Bottle cap collecting is the hobby of collecting metallic crown caps. The hobby may or may not include drinking beverages that have been sealed with crown caps. Opening bottles with traditional openers may damage the crown caps, thus some collectors use automatic bottle openers to avoid any substantial damage to the crown caps.{{cite web|last=|first=|title=The Art of the Bottle Cap Collection: Drink Beer, Save the Caps!|website=TaZa.co|publisher=|date=|url=https://www.taza.co/bottle-cap-collection/|access-date=18 July 2022}}

World records

=Largest collection=

Poul Høegh Poulsen is the record holder, having the largest collection in the world with over 101,700 bottle caps.{{cite web|last=|first=|title=Largest collection of bottle caps|website=|publisher=Guinness World Records|date=|url=https://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/world-records/68611-largest-collection-of-bottle-caps|access-date=18 July 2022}} However, according to another source, the largest collection is hold by Günter Offermann, who has total of 202,600 caps as of 2013.{{cite web|last=|first=|title=Crowncap: il collezionismo dei tappi in bottiglia, una passione mondiale|website=inabottle.it|publisher=|date=April 11, 2013|url=https://www.inabottle.it/it/tendenze/crowncap-il-collezionismo-dei-tappi-bottiglia-una-passione-mondiale|access-date=March 3, 2025}}

=Longest chain of bottle caps=

There is also a record for longest line of bottle caps, which is 87,575 bottle caps.

Mass culture

In the video game series Fallout, bottlecaps are collected and used as a form of currency.{{cite web|last=Swan|first=Cameron|title=Fallout: The Lore Behind Bottle Caps|website=Gamerant.com|publisher=Game Rant|date=11 January 2022|url=https://gamerant.com/fallout-bottle-cap-lore-history-currency/|access-date=18 July 2022}}

References

External links

[https://www.bottlecaps.de/index/ Bottle Caps Database - Alphabetical & Searchable]
[https://crowncaps.info/ Bottle Caps Database - Searchable]

Category:Collecting