1977-78 RC Cola Cans Cubs Checklist

Who would ever collect these weird, mostly unknown cubs memorabilia? Well, I do, and if you do, then you're a hard-core Cubs collector.

Number of Cards

1977 RC Cola Cans had 70 Cans and 2 Cubs players
1978 RC Cola Cans had 100 Cans and 5 Cubs players

Size of Cans

The Beverage Can (12 oz) has an overall height of 4.8” and diameter of 2.6”.

Basic Features

In 1977–87, RC Cola released two sets of special issue all-star baseball cans in conjunction with the Major League Baseball Players Association. The cans were straight steel with pull-top lids. Cans opened from the bottom are worth twice as much.

1977 RC Cola set had no insignia on their caps and black-and-white player head shots in white circles. This set shows that RC did not pay the clubs for the right to use their trademarks. Underneath the image, a rectangle with player information was printed in black, and the player's name was printed in red. The cans have no numbers.

1978 RC Cola Can, which is labeled Collector's Series Two, are black-and-white player head photographs surrounded by a red border. Underneath that is printed the player's biographical data in a white circle with red stitching to resemble a baseball. An facsimile autograph is located at the top of the ball. Within the ball is a paragraph-style breakdown of the player's career highlights. The can number, which is written as "No. x of 100," is located at the bottom of the ball.

Chicago Cubs 1977-78 RC Cola Cans Checklist

Player

1977 RC Cola Cans n/a Jose Cardenal

1977 RC Cola Cans n/a Bill Madlock

1978 RC Cola Cans

1978 RC Cola Cans #5 Dave Kingman

1978 RC Cola Cans #70 Bill Buckner

1978 RC Cola Cans #87 Bobby Murcer

1978 RC Cola Cans #91 Rick Reuschel

1978 RC Cola Cans #96 Bruce Sutter

1977 RC Cola Cans

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1978 RC Cola Cans