Pepsi Bottle Cap

PepsiCollector · Aug 3, 2014

The slogan Drink Pepsi Cola started in 1920, and both caps have it, so I would guess they're both from the very early 1920's then. What do you think Jpoland13?

PepsiCollector · Aug 3, 2014

My best educated guess would put the orange, black, and blue caps around 1923-1927, when Pepsi went bankrupt and they went back to single dot for a short while. The green one would be the last of the single dot caps from that short period, which then turned into the double dot green cap starting in 1927-1928? Who knows though

jpoland13 · Aug 3, 2014

The orange cap from Winston-Salem says Bottling Co. The first orange cap listed says "PEPSI-COLA CORP. RICHMOND, VA.". That would put the Richmond cap 1923-1931. I have no idea about the Winston-Salem cap.

jpoland13 · Aug 4, 2014

Did a little digging and this is what I found.First picture is a coupon from 1929. It has both the single dot bottle cap and the logo from the center cap.Second picture is a 1903 newspaper ad from New Bern. It shows "Drink" in the "C" being used this early.Third picture is the 1973 bottle cap.

jpoland13 · Aug 4, 2014

First picture here is paper label from early 1900s with "Drink" in the "C"Second picture is official letterhead fro early 1900s with "Drink" in the "C"Third is an early 1900s ad with a dark bottle cap (blue, green, black???) I can't tell the color.So I think the earliest caps are the blue and black caps. I think the orange caps would be mid 20s. the green caps seem to be late 20s to early 30s. When Pepsi switched to 12 ounce bottles in the early 30s the bottle caps seem to have changed immediately to yellow and red. I know some of this is conjecture, but from what I've found I think most is fairly accurate.

jpoland13 · Aug 4, 2014

It also seems that the script logo (with the exception of that one bottle cap) always had ":" or "=". When typed it almost always had a single dash.

PepsiCollector · Aug 5, 2014

That's what I thought on the middle cap. You can tell the difference because "colored with caramel" is centered. The older ones aren't. I wonder what type of caps were from the teens?

BottleCapKid · Aug 5, 2014

PepsiCollector said:
That's what I thought on the middle cap. You can tell the difference because "colored with caramel" is centered. The older ones aren't. I wonder what type of caps were from the teens?

From everything that I have learned from these postings. I think the blue or black caps would be from the teens, if the orange caps are from the 20s and the green caps are from the 30s

Idoodit2 · Mar 7, 2017

The orange Pepsi crowns, of which there are 3, were used from 1924 to 1927 when Megargel bought the brand out of bankruptcy and moved Pepsi to Richmond, VA. Then in 1928 he reorganized the Company into the National Pepsi-Cola Co. of Virginia and re-branded the crowns into green & white from 1928 until it went bankrupt again in 1931. There are 7 known green crowns, 2 more believed but unseen, and a reproduction for the 75th anniversary. I publish an annual Guide to Pepsi and Pepsi related brands Crowns listing some 760 different crowns, about 350 for Pepsi alone. Thanks!

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