Members come from all over the world but are concentrated in the United States.
Some members collect crowns from all sources - beer, soda pop, water, juices or whatever. Others limit their collections to one or more of these types.Some collect only the crowns from particular countries, states or breweries.Others collect from all over the world. Some collect only older crowns with cork backings. Others specialize in new crowns from the many different microbreweries.
Whatever our specialties, however, we all share a common bond - the fun involved in collecting bottle caps.

Our mission is to promote crowns as a major collectible and to serve the hobbyists who collect them.

Our goals include

• Encouragement and support of newer collectors, as well as the reaffirmation and recognition of longtime collectors in the field.
• Promotion of the widespread exchange of crowns in order to build all of our collections.
  Most advanced collectors have built their collections through trading.
• Promotion of ethical behavior in the buying, selling and trading of crowns.
• Promotion of uniformity in the hobby: establishment of standard common terms, definitions and descriptions in print, especially for the benefit of newer collectors.

CCSI is a non-profit organization.  Annual membership dues (payable in U.S. dollars to CCSI Treasurer) $15 for U.S. residents, $16 for residents of Canada and Mexico , and $20 for residents of other countries.

Membership includes

• Roster of all members, showing addresses, telephone numbers, e-mail addresses, crown specialties, other collecting interests and other general information.
• Subscription to the magazine CROWNCAPPERS EXCHANGE. This magazine is published 3 times per year and contains roster updates and informative articles relating to the hobby. Among the items included are free member "want ads", information on the who, what, where and how of crown collecting, and reproductions/illustrations of varied crown designs. Members are encouraged to submit articles and recommend topics to be covered.
• A special message from the CCSI President along with an assortment of crowns.
• Eligibility to attend the annual CROWNVENTION held each April.
  This convention provides a great opportunity to meet and trade with other members.
  The CROWNVENTION is held each year at a hotel in the Harrisburg , Pennsylvania, USA area in connection with the annual Spring Thaw breweriana show of the Keystone Chapter, BCCA. Several days of room-to-room trading precede the one-day "floor show" of crowns and other beer and soft drink collectibles.
• Eligibility to participate in a club-sponsored "crown exchange", a particular benefit to newer collectors.  The member specifies the crowns of interest (beer, soda or both) and receives a batch of crowns that can be traded into on a one for one basis. The only cost to the member is that of shipping the crowns to and from the Exchange Coordinator.
• Access to the online "Members only" section.

    Thank you!

          Barry Oremland, president of the CCSI.