Colgan Mint Chip empty tins?

[BobC]

As others have said, not that expensive or rare at all. I've got about 8 or so tins myself, with them being of the two designs shown by what RCMcKenzie posted images of. The Mint Chips tins are a dark, forest green type of color, while the Violet Chips tins are a very light reddish-purple, violet type color, as shown in the posted images. I have seen some Violet Chips tins that appear to be a little darker, reddish tone as well. Not sure if there may be other color variations or not, or if these differences could also be due to time, aging, sunlight, fading, etc. The tins do add a little something if you go to display the cards/chips with them.

[Fred]

About 30 years ago (probably more) I found one at an antique store and it had a piece of gum and a card in it.

[Vintagedeputy]

I think the tins are cool. I have just started getting into the Colgan's proof side of things myself. I recently purchased this small group that hadn't seen the light of day in many, many years.

[Belfast1933]

Originally Posted by BobC

As others have said, not that expensive or rare at all. I've got about 8 or so tins myself, with them being of the two designs shown by what RCMcKenzie posted images of. The Mint Chips tins are a dark, forest green type of color, while the Violet Chips tins are a very light reddish-purple, violet type color, as shown in the posted images. I have seen some Violet Chips tins that appear to be a little darker, reddish tone as well. Not sure if there may be other color variations or not, or if these differences could also be due to time, aging, sunlight, fading, etc. The tins do add a little something if you go to display the cards/chips with them.

Great background, thx…. Is there a way to know which tin a card may have come in?

[Belfast1933]

Hallelujah! Finally something for my collection/display that won’t break the bank.

If anyone would like to sell a nice looking tin, please feel free to message me - I think the tin and the card together would look pretty cool (maybe even 2 cards, one in each of the 2 tins)

Thx

Jeff

[Fred]

Jeff, do a search on ebay - there have been several recent sales of the tins. After I did a search, I found that there have been modern versions of the Colgan's Chip cards released - totally surprised me. Nope, no interest in them for me. I like the real deal.

[Belfast1933]

Originally Posted by Fred

Jeff, do a search on ebay - there have been several recent sales of the tins. After I did a search, I found that there have been modern versions of the Colgan's Chip cards released - totally surprised me. Nope, no interest in them for me. I like the real deal.

Thanks, trying to find tins available for sale but I can’t seem to locate any on EBay. Will keep looking - also saw some images of Colgan tin box displays which look really cool too

Thx again for all of the info.

[Vintagecatcher]

In my opinion the Colgan's Chips had an awesome ad campaign!

Here's a previous thread I started.


https://www.net54baseball.com/showth...t=Colgan+Chips

Patrick

[Fred]

Jeff, check the completed sales on ebay to see recent prices and get an idea of the going ebay rate. Just continue the search and the tins will show up.

[Belfast1933]

Originally Posted by Vintagecatcher

In my opinion the Colgan's Chips had an awesome ad campaign!

Here's a previous thread I started.


https://www.net54baseball.com/showth...t=Colgan+Chips

Patrick

Wow, great work on this Patrick… thx for the referral to your earlier post.

I’m excited to add something a little colorful and different to my HOF display… now, I just need to find a raw Addie Joss to go with the tins!

[BobC]

Originally Posted by Belfast1933

Great background, thx…. Is there a way to know which tin a card may have come in?

To my knowledge, absolutely no way to tell if only certain cards were distributed in one or the other versions of the tins (Violet or Mint Chips tins). Both tin versions are the exact same size and dimensions, so I would suspect the only thing that varied between the two tin versions was the flavor of the accompanying gum. The actual Colgan's Chip cards would have likely been randomly inserted in either gum flavor tin. My understanding was they came one card per tin.

As someone else mentioned, tins with gum chips still inside have been found and do exist. I guess that could add to a display, but I sure wouldn't try chewing a piece. Being that old and dried out, I'd speculate the gum chips would be hardened and possibly brittle, more like a Necco wafer, if you know what I'm talking about. Have fun, you shouldn't have too much trouble finding a decent tin or two for your collection.