Saturday, August 27, 2011

Current Excitement: Arabic Cans

I'm close to sealing a deal with a fellow collector who is currently visiting the Middle East.  He put out an offer to send Arabian cans back to the United States.  So I jumped on that offer.


These are some of the soda cans he has.  He also has at least this many non-alcoholic malt beverage cans.  Since those contain no alcohol, they technically fall within the guidelines of cans I collect.  So I told him I'm interested in everything he has.

Barring any jaw-dropping shipping charges, we'll be sealing this deal soon.  I'll be sure to write a follow-up post whether I get the set or not. 

3 comments:

  1. Hi, im wondering as a can expert, if you would have any ideas which can they may be referring to in this news story:
    http://news.ninemsn.com.au/national/8472503/passengers-to-fly-out-after-can-found-safe

    looking around the web, the cans shown in the picture above (bottom left) are the closest i can find. any other ideas ??

    I'll come back to check on further replies on this page later, thanks !

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    1. Hi Steven,

      Interesting story. First they said "bomb" was written on a note attached to the can, then they said the word was printed on the can. I found a couple of brands with the word "bomb" in them but they are written in English and are clearly a brand name (Bomba from Hungary and Vanilla Bomb cream soda). As far as foreign writing that would look like the word "bomb" I have no idea. I could see another language looking like English words, such as the black Coke Zero can from the UAE in the pic above. At first I thought it said "Vess" which is a local brand here in the Midwest, but it's Arabic for Coke. If I turn up any other information I'll post it here...

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  2. I've got what appears to be an Arabic Canada Dry Tonic Water can, with old style pull top. Unopened. You want it?

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