Ostankinsky brewery

Embossed aluminum. Embossed outside. Beer. Zhigulevskoye. Production period: before 1969.

Inscription on cap: along the inner circumference - "Останкинский", along the outer one - "Жигулевское Цена 25 к.б.п."

In the word "Жигулевское", all of the letters "Е" are capitalized. The major difference of this variation comaring to the child ones in shape of У and Л in the word "Жигулевское". У looks almost like V.

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Embossed aluminum. Embossed outside. Beer. Zhigulevskoye. Production period: before 1969.

Inscription on cap: along the inner circumference - "Останкинский", along the outer one - "Жигулевское Цена 25 к.б.п."

This variation is similar to RU420102-0017, but the second letter "е" in the word "Жигулевское" is capitalized whereas the first one is in lower case.

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Embossed aluminum. Embossed outside. Beer. Zhigulevskoye. Production period: before 1969.

Inscription on cap: along the inner circumference - "Останкинский", along the outer one - "Жигулевское Цена 25 к.б.п."

There is a narrow font. The price "25" is bigger then other text.

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Embossed aluminum. Embossed outside. Beer. Zhigulevskoye. Production period: before 1969.

Inscription on cap: along the inner circumference - "п-з Останкинский", along the outer one - "Жигулевское Цена 25 к.б/пос".

The font is narrow. This variation has as extra text "п-з" and "пос".

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Embossed aluminum. Embossed outside. Beer. Zhigulevskoye. Production period: before 1969.

Inscription on cap: along the inner circumference - "п-з Останкинский", along the outer one - "Жигулевское Цена 25 к.б.п".

The text has a narrow font, as does RU420102-0005; though "к.б.п" remains as on the standard cap, the text "п-з" is added.

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Embossed aluminum. Embossed outside. Beer. Zhigulevskoye. Production period: before 1969.

Inscription on cap: along the inner circumference - "Останкинский", along the outer one - "Жигулевское Цена 25 к.б-пос".

Every letter "е" and "а" in the text is in lower case; "к.б-пос" is typed using a hyphen.

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Embossed aluminum. Embossed outside. Beer. Zhigulevskoye. Production period: before 1969.

Inscription on cap: along the inner circumference - "Жигулевское", along the outer one - "Останкинский Цена 25 к.б.п".

The price (25) is huge compared to other variations! The two words "останкинский" and "жигулевское" have changed places.

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Embossed aluminum. Embossed outside. Beer. Zhigulevskoye. Production period: before 1969.

Inscription on cap: along the inner circumference - "Останкинский", along the outer one - "Жигулевское Цена 25 к.б.п."

In the word "Жигулевское", all the letters "е" letters are stamped as lowercase. This variation is similar to RU420102-0001 but is rarer.

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Embossed aluminum. Embossed outside. Beer. Zhigulevskoye. Production period: before 1969.

Inscription on cap: along the inner circumference - "Останкинский", along the outer one - "Жигулевское Цена 25 к.б.пос."

The date and the price printed with big size font. Differs from RU420102-0011 with abbriviation "к.б.пос".

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Embossed aluminum. Embossed outside. Beer. Zhigulevskoye. Production period: 1970-1971.

Inscription on cap: along the inner circumference - "ГОСТ 3473-69", along the outer one - "Жигулевское Цена 25 к.б.п.", in the middle - "ОПЗ".

The date is displaced to the bottom.

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Embossed aluminum. Embossed outside. Beer. Zhigulevskoye. Production period: 1970-1971.

Inscription on cap: along the inner circumference - "ГОСТ 3473-69", along the outer one - "Жигулевское Цена 25 к.б.п.", in the middle - "ОПЗ".

"A" in "ценА" - capital. "ГОСТ 3473-69" is more compact.

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Embossed steel. Embossed outside. Beer. Zhigulevskoye. Production period: 1972-1978.

Colors:

Inscription on cap: along the inner circumference - "ГОСТ 3473-69", along the outer one - "Жигулевское Цена 25 к.б.п.", in the middle - "О.П.З.".

"О.П.З." is stamped using dots. The separators in the text along the outer circumference are stars.

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Embossed steel. Embossed outside. Beer. Zhigulevskoye. Production period: 1972-1978.

Colors:

Inscription on cap: along the inner circumference - "ГОСТ 3473-69", along the outer one - "Жигулевское Цена 25 к.б.п.", in the middle - "ОПЗ".

The separators in the text along the outer circumference are dots. "Л" is straight.

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Embossed steel. Embossed outside. Beer. Zhigulevskoye. Production period: 1979-1980.

Colors:

Inscription on cap: along the inner circumference - "ГОСТ 3473-78", along the outer one - "Жигулевское Цена 25 к.б.п.", in the middle - "ОПЗ".

The separators in the text along the outer circumference are small circles.

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Embossed steel. Embossed outside. Beer. Zhigulevskoye. Production period: 1980-1983.

Colors:

Inscription on cap: along the inner circumference - "ГОСТ 3473-78 ОПЗ", along the outer one - "Жигулевское Цена 25 кбп".

The separators in the text are stars along the outer circumference and small circles along the inner one.

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Embossed steel. Embossed inside. Beer. Zhigulevskoye. Production period: 1985-1991.

Colors:

Inscription on cap: along the inner circumference - ГОСТ 3473-78 ОПЗ, along the outer one - Жигулевское бп 30 к.

The separators in the text along the outer circumference are stars. There are variations made using colored steel.

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Embossed steel. Embossed inside. Beer. Zhigulevskoye. Production period: after 1991.

Colors:

Inscription on cap: along the inner circumference - "ГОСТ 3473-78 ОПЗ", along the outer one - "Жигулевское бп".

The separators in the text along the outer circumference are small circles. There are variants with other colors.

Most likely, this rare variation was produced in 1985 after the increase of the price from 25 to 30 kopeks. Many producers had to correct the text urgently, and as a result there is no price at all shown on the cap. This is not a defect, because there are similar variations that came from other factories, particularly in Leningrad...

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