Side Collection Has Grown

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Having added some small cans since December, I took time to make adjustments to my makeshift camera box and re-took images of the smalls for a more uniform look. Again, nothing earth-shattering, but keeps interest up when unable to look for 12oz'ers. Helps to keep the fun in the Hobby!

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Image updated with latest additions and posted in #25 of this thread. 02-21-2020

Removed "Silly" from title as suggested in latter posts. Now considered a legitimate collecting niche for me. 04-14-2019

[Diamond State Boy]

I have that Coy in 12oz. It's my only aluminum can. Have had it since my dad bought it for me at a show in the 70s. I didn't appreciate it until later in life and even more since his passing. Didn't even know the little one existed.

[Sea Monkey]

I have one not in the picture that I was going to send you but you haven't renewed your membership so I can't find your address in the roster to send it to you! (Please PM me your address...)

[DaddyDewrop]

I love those small cans! Even been buying the current little soda cans recently. Makes the trip to the grocery store a little more fun!

[pinnacle-project]

I have one not in the picture that I was going to send you but you haven't renewed your membership so I can't find your address in the roster to send it to you! (Please PM me your address...)

You are too kind. I would have told him he could not have the really great can until he renewed.

[Sea Monkey]

I have one not in the picture that I was going to send you but you haven't renewed your membership so I can't find your address in the roster to send it to you! (Please PM me your address...)

You are too kind. I would have told him he could not have the really great can until he renewed.

It crossed my mind but it is not that great of can...LOL...

[Dixie Dave]

I have that Coy in 12oz. It's my only aluminum can. Have had it since my dad bought it for me at a show in the 70s. I didn't appreciate it until later in life and even more since his passing. Didn't even know the little one existed.

The 10 ounce Coy exists because the guy behind the brand was a local beer distributor named Neal Kaye, and he started Coy by putting Pearl Ale into his cans (contract brewed through Pearl). Coy was a big hit in the area and he started getting it distributed more regionally. Coy had a lot more full-bodied taste than most beers of its era, and people liked it. This is all before the craft brewers started up. The brand grew in popularity to where Coy decided to try going national with it- which is where the various "cask" cans came from. At this time, he bought the Dixie Brewery- in fact, he saved them from closing their doors! This is when the 10 ounce cans came out. Coy also tried branching out into other things- there was a Coy contract brewed in Canada, a light, and a malt liquor. Light is moderately tough, the Rhino Malt Liquor is rather tough to find. Anyway, Kaye had bitten off more than he could chew with the myriad of ongoing financial problems at the old Dixie Brewery. He sold the brewery, and I think he also lost his distributorship around this time. There are a couple of articles about Kaye from the 80's on Google if you search "Neal Kaye Coy Beer" Interesting stuff.

To draw this back into the thread, the Coy 10 ounce and the two Dixie 10 ounces (beer and light) were not marketed for very long, and are decent cans to find. If I have a couple of them at Canvention, I can usually find homes for them.

[iggyks]

think i have the two Dixie 10s and the Coy in my for sale box... cool collection of smalls!

[Diamond State Boy]

Wow..I had no idea such a story was behind the origin of Coy! Cool

[MI-Cans]

Added two more smalls.

Thanks to @Sea Monkey and @eddieguitarloebs

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Image updated with latest additions and posted in #19 of this thread. 04-13-2019

[sgramling]

I'm surprised you dont have a Storzette - they are not that hard to come by?

[Dixie Dave]

Are you seriously chasing the ten ounce cans or more the 7's and 8's? I have a lot of 80's 10 ounce cans, some 90's, some 70's, some rust, to trade or for sale or whatever if you're interested.

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@sgramling
I actually have a reasonable offer on a Storzette but it has an incorrect lid. I want to check with Art for availability and cost involved to correct it. The person making the offer is gracious enough to hold them for me until I’m ready to pull the trigger on something in his offer.

@Dixie Dave
I’m not focused on any given size. If it’s a brand not displayed in my picture, I’d be interested. If it is a brand in my picture, is it noticeably different somehow? My niche is variety and that’s why there’s no real focus on size or brand.

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[Leon]

Ed you didn't buy the 2 small Goebels on ebay for like $800 did you? LEON.

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@Leon
I confess...it wasn't me. I'm more of the 2 cans for $8.00 type!

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[Leon]

I THINK I GOT SOME 7,8 & 10 OZ CANS YOU NEED. IF YOU DON'T MIND SOME RUST. LET ME KNOW. LEON.

[Summitcan]

Storzette lid

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@Summitcan
Thanks for the pic. I thought that's what it was when I last saw one online.

@Leon
I have no objections to rust. Many of my older cans have that feature (making them more affordable to me). PM me with a list or picture of what you think you have available and how much you want for it. We'll work something out. Thanks.

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[MI-Cans]

Total small cans (7oz, 8oz & 10oz) now up to 82 and each one is different.

@Baxter
A huge thanks to Baxter. I got my first small can(s) from him so I have to blame him for this quest. And I have to thank him for taking time out during his Spring Thaw visit to search for small cans for me. Thanks, Ray.

@Leon
If you enlarge the image, you'll see that there's rust. They're not all shiny or in mint condition. Waiting to see what you might have available.

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06-10-2019...UPDATED COLLAGE OF CANS IN POST #22

[barfly]

You can no longer call this your silly side collection, now it should be called your serious side collection- looking really good

[pinnacle-project]

You can no longer call this your silly side collection, now it should be called your serious side collection- looking really good

Agreed. Ed has some really interesting cans in there.

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Collection Image Updated In Post #24.

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[mrlager428]

Very nice!..

[MI-Cans]

At the Frankenmuth show, I was able to get another Coors 7oz can giving me a total 7 different Coors small cans. In addition, I was given two identical but different 8oz commemorative cans by @pinnacle-project They are the tough split Budweiser/Schlitz can given out to honor the two breweries in Tampa, Florida in 1979. I say identical but different because one has a bank top while the other is an unopened pull tab with Schlitz as part of the embossing on the lid. I take my pics at a slight angle. you might be able to see the difference when you enlarge the image.

A HUGE thank you to Bryan!

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[MI-Cans]

My side collection of small cans has a new total of 127 cans. Each one is different! Here's the updated image including the latest additions. It's fun having a minor collecting niche to occupy one's time when collecting for the primary focus slows down.

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@Boardman
Thanks to a recent acquisition from Boardman (https://www.therustybunch.com/phpBB3/vi ... 68#p399768)

@hover31
Added Miller Lite 8oz (w/Miller in stalks) thanks to ziphippie and a new 8oz Schlitz Malt Liquor variation (8 Cities) on 10-27-2019

@Rand
Updated 11-24-2019 to include new additions from Rand. Thank you.

@MarkB
Updated 02-21-2020 to include new additions from MarkB. Thank you.

[pinnacle-project]

You take nice pictures. Is your background just a rolled up piece of paper with natural room lighting or do you have a fancy box to take pictures in?

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@pinnacle-project
Bryan, I'm no expert with a camera. I set it on Automatic and Macro. I use a cardboard box that I loosely patterned after Randy K's traveling version. As you can see, it's far from what one might refer to as "fancy". (You might think it's fancy because of that shiny duct tape.) The original box had the camera directly in line with the can. I found that some cans, especially the metallic ones, would display a tall narrow black reflection of the camera (lens?). In this version, if you look at the opening for the camera, the bottom of the lens is at the height of the top of a 12oz can. The lightbulb holder is from one of those clamp on utility lights. I use a 60w LED daylight bulb at the angle you see in the picture. I purchased some oversized construction gray paper from Joann Fabrics and lined the area of the box where the can sits. I placed the back sheet in such a way that when it comes down to the bottom, it's curved so that it blends the color better. I penciled in a circle for a target for the can(s). Currently load and remove cans through opening in top. Will probably cut opening in side for easier access eventually.

I try to maintain consistency in taking and finishing the images. When I was helping Jim Wolf edit images for the Supplement, he gave me this guideline: "Make the height at 1.65 times the width. Picture manager resizing gives us a 620x1024 pixel size...". (I haven't gotten any pics from him lately so I guess I was fired from that effort.)

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First is the Camera box I use. Beauty, eh!

This is actual image taken in box. Note scotch tape holding gray paper at top center. Image size 3888 x 5184.

This is the image after cropping. Image size 1850 x 3052.

This is final image after re-sizing 620 x 1024.