The American beer bottle cap is the most democratic collectible in the history of beverage packaging — produced by the billions, distinctive by brewery and era, and increasingly sought by collectors who recognize that regional bottling history is recorded nowhere more concisely than these small pieces of stamped and lithographed metal. 🍺 Original Antique & Vintage Beer Bottle Caps is a dedicated collection focused on authentic vintage beer caps from American regional brewers.
Current inventory includes original National Bohemian bottle caps from the Virginia 2¢ state tax era of 1948 through 1962 — the period when regional tax stamps gave each state's bottled beer a distinctive documentary fingerprint. Natty Boh as it was known in the Mid-Atlantic is one of the great regional American lager brands, and original caps from the state tax era carry specific historical context for collectors of Maryland and Virginia brewing history. 📜
This is a focused and growing collection dedicated exclusively to original vintage beer bottle caps. All items are period-genuine metal caps from the bottling era — not commemorative issues or modern reproductions. As additional authentic inventory becomes available it will be added here.