Bottle cap collecting explained

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.^[1]

World records

Largest collection

Pol Høegh Poulsen is the record holder, having the largest collection in the world with over 101,700 bottle caps.^[2]

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.^[3]

See also

• Autograph collecting
• Bicycle collecting
• Book collecting
• Button collecting
• Casino chip collecting
• Coin collecting
• Comic book collecting
• County collecting
• Element collecting
• Fossil collecting
• Handbag collecting
• Insect collecting
• Knife collecting
• Mineral collecting
• Patch collecting
• Plant collecting
• Police item collecting
• Scout item collecting
• Seaweed collecting
• Sneaker collecting
• Stamp collecting
• Video game collecting

External links

• Bottle Caps Database - Alphabetical & Searchable
• Bottle Caps Database - Searchable

Notes and References

1. Web site: The Art of the Bottle Cap Collection: Drink Beer, Save the Caps!. TaZa.co. 18 July 2022.
2. Web site: Largest collection of bottle caps. Guinness World Records. 18 July 2022.
3. Web site: Swan. Cameron. Fallout: The Lore Behind Bottle Caps. Gamerant.com. Game Rant. 11 January 2022. 18 July 2022.