need info: Budweiser 12 0z with interesting pull tab

[01TheDude]

Hello -- trying to find some information on this can- I am not finding much help on the internet so I figured I'd ask the real collectors out there if they can give me some help. The closest thing I could find was a picture of a similar tab among a large number of variations but little else about them. I figure it was a version that they found too expensive or not as stable-- not sure. I've had this can since the 1970s. Any information you can give would be appreciated (is it rare, approximate value? - specific only to Bud etc).

This is the top of a Budweiser 12 oz steel pull tab but the pull tab is unlike the key ring ones (more like heavy foil)-- and the spout on the can has a sieve like appearance. here are the pics....

[dumper5]

It's a Early Foil Pull Tab. That was Short Lived. Not Very Reliable.

[Leon]

Think I have a couple of different cans with those Tops. Kamsquared Kurt would probably know more about them. LEON.

P.S. check this link out below.


http://www.therustybunch.com/phpBB3/vie ... 43&t=19263" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

[idigrust]

Yep, Kurt has that listed. 3rd one down.

[01TheDude]

thanks for the link
--back when we collected in the 70s, my brother and i would collect variations like these. Is that still something that is done or were we odd balls?

[Leon]

Lots of people collect different tops & other variations. It's common probably even more now. LEON.

[kamsquared]

Hey Dude01,
The can you pictured is a relatively common tape top from the early-mid 70s when the canning companies were designing the first sta-tabs to replace the pull-tabs. Anheuser-Busch was one of the top targets of the canning companies who were trying to sell that style of top so there are quite a few examples of it out there. It was not unique to AB as American Can pedaled them to everyone they could. If you visit the Budweiser Brewery in St Louis you can see an example on their wall.....
It's a pretty cool conversation piece but if you're looking to sell, the shipping would be about the same as the sale price.....$2-$5-ish.

[01TheDude]

thanks for the response-- that is the exact same photo I found during my search before posting here.