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How many of these to make a complete set
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Ah, the Swedish "porno" set ... these caused quite a stir in the early days of can collecting (early 70's). Can you imagine, a young boy having such scandalous cans in his collection??

There are actually two complete sets of four--well, if you want to get really carried away on them, there are actually EIGHT sets of four. Four of the sets are like yours, with the difference being the wording along the seam. I have no idea which one is toughest, but if you look to the right of the seam you might notice not all of yours have the same wording in the same place there.

There is also an earlier set of four, with different drawings and four different colors: light green or olive green, orange, deep yellow or gold, and dark blue (quite a bit darker than the can on the left in your photo). These are definitely harder to get. Each design comes with four different price tags on the back, printed on the can: 1.45, 1.50, 1.55, and 1.65. (Note that your yellow can has a paper sticker with price tag on it--the printed tags were essentially identical to that.) Those amounts must be in Kroner, the Swedish unit of money (today 1 Krona equals about 11 cents U.S., but I'm sure a Krona was worth more relative to the U.S. dollar when these were current). Again, no idea which of those four is harder to get than others, though my guess would be one of the two middle values may have been out for a shorter time. I don't think this first set was around for long, because I've only been able to pick up one of the four cans and I've been trying for years!

As for values, you can usually get your set for $2-6 per can, maybe $15-25 for a complete set in nice shape. I think I paid $30 for the one orange can I have, and you rarely see them as a complete set for sale (not sure I've ever seen the set on eBay for example). Hope all that helps!
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Thank you so much,this is what i love about this sight just ask a question and someone is always willing to help. Interesting something new to keep an eye out for.
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