The Crowncap Collector Society International

Everyone can add crowns to the database.
You can contact the crowncap database administrators by entering a contact message via the left menu: Crowncap Database -> Contact.

If you are a CCSI member you can also apply to become an editor. This means that you can help maintain the CCSI crowncap database.

For more information, contact the Database administrators via the left menu:
Crowncap Database -> Contact.

The website team is working on this help topic and it will be available soon.

The Crowncap List can be viewed directly from the menu by clicking on the menu option 'Crowncap Database -> Crown Cap List'.
In this case you will see the entire list of crown caps in the database.

You can also search for specific crown caps. As a result you will see a filtered 'Crown Cap List' with the search results of your query.

The list has various possibilities.

- Toggle View
The toggle view button allows you to toggle between the column view (default) and the row view. The column view shows you all crown images with a limited amount of data. This enables you to quickly browse through the images.
The row view shows more data per crown cap and allows you to quickly read the basic data of a crown cap.

- Click on a crown cap image
When you click on a crown cap image, you will see the all available data of the crown cap. This function enables you to see more details on the crown cap in question.
After you have clicked on the image, the 'Crown cap Card' appears with all available data.

See topic 'The Crown cap Card explained' for more details on this feature.

The Crown Cap Card shows all available data on a crown cap entry.

It shows the following data:

ID:
This is the unique ID assigned to this particular crown cap.

Description:
This is a short description of the crown cap, usually the text on the crown or the brand name

Purpose:
This is the purpose of the crown cap, the possible values are:
Bottle closure
Test crown cap
Promotional item

Liner:
This is the inside of the crown, the possible values are:
No liner
Plastic
Cork

Since the intention of this database was to only add cork lined crown caps, almost a 100% of the entries will be cork lined.

Locations:
Locations are the locations where the crown was used. usually the location of the bottler or brewer. Some bottlers used different location to bottle their products. Same bottler, different location.
Some collectors collect only crown caps of a certain region or area. This field enables to search for a certain location or city.

State/Province:
This indicates from what state or Province the crown cap came from.

Country:
This indicates from what country the crown cap came from.

Brewer/bottler:
This is the brewer/bottler that used the crown cap for bottling.

Relative rareness:
The relative rareness rating is an initiative of a group of advanced collectors that rated a selection of crown caps and gave it a rating of 1 to 10 where 1 is most common and 10 very rare. These values are than averaged and will give an indication as to how rare a crown cap is.

Period used:
The period used is an indication of the year or range of years the crown cap had been in use.

Extra info:
This field holds any additional information on the crown cap.

Direct link:
This field provides a direct link to this crown. If you wish to refer to this crown in for example a forum or in an email you can use this link to do so.