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PERCUSSION CAP TINS FOR MUSKETS, RIFLES, AND REVOLVERS
- COLTS, REMINGTONS, ETC:
These desirable Eley, Winchester, Goldmark, Remington, and UMC Percussion Cap Tins are actively
sought after to complete cased sets for the various Percussion Pistols
and to display with percussion rifles and muskets.
I have the tins listed below, each separately described
with accompanying photographs.
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NO. 1 J. GOLDMARK
PERCUSSION CAPS - MARKETED BY WINCHESTER - EARLY
BRASS TIN AND BLUE LABEL - SEALED AND IN "LIKE NEW"
CONDITION:
Fresh from an old collection and found in a full ten-tin
wrapper (see next listing) these Goldmark Percussion
Caps were packaged and marketed under the Winchester
Repeating Arms Co. label. Intact with the complete
fully legible, clean top label and the complete, legible
and unbroken side label band, this tin features the
early light blue labels and the address does not include
the country of origin, indicating these were from an
earlier production run. Also indicative of any
earlier production is the tin is made of brass rather
than the later iron alloy. The tin is full form with no damage
and it presumably contains all the original caps.
I have very few of these. (0209) $100
 
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NO. 2 WINCHESTER LABELED ROLL
PACKAGE FOR EARLY BLUE LABEL BRASS TINS OF GOLDMARK'S
PERCUSSION CAPS - RARE DISPLAY PIECE:
Fresh from an old collection and found with all ten
brass percussion cap tins (see listing above) this
wrapper is the sort of thing that seldom survived.
Made of lightweight paper and subject to poor storage
and heavy handling through the years, very few of these
wrappers survived. After the cap tins were
removed, I reformed the wrapper around two large dowels
and resealed the seams and tattered areas to restore the
wrapper to its original shape.
Showing a little
wear as is expected, the wrapper presents very well and
the label retains its legible printing in spite of being
a little tattered around the edges. This would be
a great piece to display in a variety of collections and
groupings to illustrate how the cap tins were wholesaled
and marketed. This is the first one of these
wrappers I've ever seen and I can't imagine many of them
survived intact. (0222) $75
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NO. 3 LARGE
PERCUSSION CAP TIN - WORN CONDITION BUT STILL
RETAINING MOST OF THE CAPS - GOOD FRONTIER APPEARANCE:
Measuring
1 ¾” tall and 1 ½” in diameter, this cap tin is much
larger than the tins normally encountered. This
was probably the size sold in the gun shops and
mercantile shops that serviced the trails and roads
leading onto the frontier where supplies were purchased
in quantities in anticipation of not being near another
source for some time. This tin is almost three
times the size of the normally encountered tins and
probably held 250-350 caps when it was new.
The label has suffered some loss and wear, but there is
still enough of the text surviving to determine that
this tin was probably marketed after the Civil War but
early enough in the post-war years when the surplus
revolvers, carbines and muskets made up the majority of
the firearms on the frontier.
The tin does have some surface corrosion, but the metal
is solid without any weak spots. The lid is full
form and is easily removable. The tin retains its
paper liner, used to cushion the caps, and the tin is
approximately 2/3 full of what appear to be the original
caps.
Worn and looking a little tired from the passing years,
this tin still survives in solid condition and it has a
"been there, done that" rugged frontier used appearance.
(0231) $65
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NO. 4 UNION METALLIC CARTRIDGE
COMPANY PERCUSSION CAP TIN:
Complete with a full legible label and both upper and lower
sections of the tin, this has survived in very good
condition. The tin contains a quantity of the
original caps and is full form with no damage. SOLD
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5 J. GOLDMARK
PERCUSSION CAP TIN - MADE BY WINCHESTER:
Complete with the label and both upper and lower
sections of the tin, this tin was manufactured by the
Winchester Repeating Arms Co. under the Goldmark patent. The green
label is complete but has a stain on the lower right
side of the paper. The edge label is present on
the tin lid. The tin contains eleven of the
original caps. The tin is full form with no damage.
(0249) $30
  
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NO.
6 HICK'S PERCUSSION CAP TIN:
Complete with a full legible label and both upper and lower
sections of the tin, this Hick's Percussion Cap Tin,
manufactured by the Union Metallic Cartridge Company,
has survived in very good condition. The tin contains a quantity of the
original caps. The tin is full form with no damage. (0705)
$30
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NO. 7 UNION METALLIC CARTRIDGE
COMPANY PERCUSSION CAP TIN:
Complete with a full legible label and both upper and lower
sections of the tin, this has survived in very good
condition. The label has some staining, but the
company name and information is still legible. The tin contains a quantity of the
original caps and is full form with no damage. SOLD
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