
Circa: 1936. This American Can Company, 12 ounce container, lists Patents Pending and was filled for The Class and Nachod Brewing Company of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
The author was not able to locate any records validating the distribution of this package design. His conversation with Poth family members, the family that purchased The Class and Nachod Brewing Company in 1936, only verified that this brand was distributed in bottles and on draught in the Philadelphia area in 1936. They believe this package design was intended for distribution but was cancelled due to the pending sale of the brewery, as the Poth Brewing Company did not assume ownership of this brand.
This beer can is believed to have originally been part of the Poth Family collection and was given to a local collector in the late 1950’s. The can had been either traded or sold two times before being acquired by Ted Larsen from the Wally Gilbert collection in 2006. This is the only on-grade example known along with one off-grade speciman. Rarity Rating: R-10.
--Printed with the permission of the USBC-OI Book author Kevin Lilek.
