Do you remember when coffee cans looked like this one does?
@PatZAnthony (14749)
Charlotte, North Carolina
August 21, 2018 12:12pm CST
Yes, this can has a little key on it to be used to open the can.
As the can was given to us many years ago by an older friend, we never felt we could open it. Now, a silly family item, it sits in a cupboard for others to view.
It seems especially interesting to those who never heard of cans with keys! Yes, they did exist and here is the proof.
Do you remember such cans?
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@PatZAnthony (14749)
• Charlotte, North Carolina
8 Sep 18
We did not look in stores here to see if there are such things @JudyEv
But the coupon was what really makes us giggle.
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@JohnRoberts (109846)
• Los Angeles, California
21 Aug 18
Yes, I do. That can is now a collectible.
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@PatZAnthony (14749)
• Charlotte, North Carolina
30 Aug 18
Which is the only reason it is still here @JohnRoberts
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@PatZAnthony (14749)
• Charlotte, North Carolina
30 Aug 18
So it wasn't just here that the keys were used! So interesting @LadyDuck
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@LadyDuck (472492)
• Switzerland
30 Aug 18
@PatZAnthony Many Italian coffee companies are in business from the late 1800. I remember that my grandmother told me that the old cans had a key. The oldest coffee house in Italy is the "Cafe Florian" in Venice, it started the activity in 1720.
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@PatZAnthony (14749)
• Charlotte, North Carolina
30 Aug 18
That is a thought and we just might @sol_cee
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@RonElFran (1214)
• Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania
21 Aug 18
I have a hazy memory of such cans. Must have been a long time ago. I'd think an unopened can like this might be worth something.
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@PatZAnthony (14749)
• Charlotte, North Carolina
30 Aug 18
Hello @RonElFran
Hope you are doing well. Haven't see you here for some time-but then I miss a lot of things.
According to Folgers, the can really is just one of many out there, so we'll hang on to this for another 30 years.
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@andriaperry (118280)
• Anniston, Alabama
30 Aug 18
No but I bet its worth a lot nowadays.
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@PatZAnthony (14749)
• Charlotte, North Carolina
8 Sep 18
The company expressed no interest in owning it, so there must be a bunch still out there @andriaperry
@BelleStarr (61194)
• United States
30 Aug 18
I sure do, when I was a kid I had a bright idea, I stuck the key in an electric socket, needless to say, not a good idea!! lol As they say, what doesn't kill us makes us stronger and it may explain my curly frizzy hair !! 
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@GreatMartin (23671)
• Ft. Lauderdale, Florida
23 Aug 18
Way before my time---NOT!
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@PatZAnthony (14749)
• Charlotte, North Carolina
30 Aug 18
@GreatMartin
This is something I knew you would remember!
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@xander6464 (44776)
• Wapello, Iowa
31 Aug 18
My grandma had a similar can that she kept old coins in. I'm guessing hers was from the 1940's. What I like the most about yours is the 5 cents off. It's a reminder that 5 cents was once not a huge amount of money but a worthwhile amount. I remember when I was a kid, most of the coupons were for 3-7 cents....Who would bother with a 3 cent coupon today? Things have really changed.
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@PatZAnthony (14749)
• Charlotte, North Carolina
31 Aug 18
Yes, things have changed.
We wondered if the coffee would be the same.
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@xander6464 (44776)
• Wapello, Iowa
31 Aug 18
@PatZAnthony That is a very good question. Was the quality better or worse back then?
@Marilynda1225 (83778)
• United States
21 Aug 18
Actually I do remember those cans . That's quite a conversation piece
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@PatZAnthony (14749)
• Charlotte, North Carolina
30 Aug 18
It can be a good conversation starter for some @Marilynda1225
A few have wondered why we still have such a thing!
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@PatZAnthony (14749)
• Charlotte, North Carolina
8 Sep 18
So you are still seeing food items in cans that contain a key to open @cacay1
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@PatZAnthony (14749)
• Charlotte, North Carolina
28 Nov 18
@cacay1 That is so interesting. Maybe we will see these again in the states.
@cacay1 (84220)
• Cagayan De Oro, Philippines
9 Sep 18
@PatZAnthony yes, this time almost all in canned goods in Ph have a ready key to open them,unlike before.
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@JamesHxstatic (29413)
• Eugene, Oregon
30 Aug 18
Oh yes, I recall those cans well. Do I recall that things like Crisco also had keys for a while?
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@PatZAnthony (14749)
• Charlotte, North Carolina
8 Sep 18
No clue! Most of my adult life things have been in plastic it seems @JamesHxstatic
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@JamesHxstatic (29413)
• Eugene, Oregon
8 Sep 18
@PatZAnthony Oh, yes, you are a lot younger than I. My mother used Crisco, then something called Fluffo came along too .
@PatZAnthony (14749)
• Charlotte, North Carolina
8 Sep 18
These are from so many years ago, there is not a zip code on the can with the company address @nela13
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@nela13 (58807)
• Portugal
8 Sep 18
@PatZAnthony I am not sure if my mother's cans have bar code but I think it doesn't.
@PatZAnthony (14749)
• Charlotte, North Carolina
30 Aug 18
It is a little different than what we have today @YrNemo
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@cmoneyspinner (9219)
• Austin, Texas
19 Oct 18
Yes I do. I also remember that we used to keep the coffee cans and turn them into piggy banks. We would throw loose change in the cans and fill it up! 
@Jeanniemaries (8237)
• United States
13 Dec 18
Yes I do. My parents even saved the cans and used them to store things like nuts and bolts and buttons. The edges were somewhat sharp though!
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@BloggerDi (3113)
• United States
1 Sep 18
My 93 year old mom-in-law has a couple of those. I've seen some at antique/vintage stores too. Very cool item!
