Found in my father's pantry in the bag, in the box. He's 93 and moved into an assisted living facility last December. Does it have any sale value or should I drink a toast to him on his birthday every year? I'm not a big drinker of hard liquor since my Coast Guard days, which ended in 1973. Back then one of my nicknames was Fish.

Enjoy it. Or keep it for sentimental reasons and sip from a new bottle for a few years. Depending on how it was stored, it won’t have gotten better and may be (marginally) worse.

You might check EBAY, they sell "bottles" there. It might have some value to someone.

In 1968, in the Coast Guard, my father drank Crown Royal. I still have some of the cloth bags.

I received an ancient bottle of Jack Daniels from a deceased aunt. It was still in the box with a faux cameo of ol' Jack. I don't care for Jack Daniels, so I told my wife I was going to karma it on the forum. She said, "Let me research it, first."

Long story short, she got $895.00 for it on ebay.

There are collectors who buy old whiskeys on whiskey auction sites. Do a search. You may get more on a vintage whiskey specialty site.

Drink a toast to him on his birthday. Six years before my dad passed I bought a bottle of Crown and we drank a toast every year on his birthday, Christmas Day. His last year he was in poor health and I told him he had to stick around at least as long as the bottle lasted. When he passed some friends finished the bottle with me and I wound up buying another that I take to the cemetery each year on Christmas and toast him. Some might think it's silly but it's just a thing that makes me feel good.

I googled the subject and found several opinions.
Looks like $50-100, unopened w/stamp.

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Originally posted by 220-9er:
I googled the subject and found several opinions.
Looks like $50-100, unopened w/stamp.

If that’s the case, drink it!

Found this that was posted about 3 years ago.

https://www.drinksplanet.com/h...bag-w...-123823.html

Although not Crown I have a full 200th Anniversary bottle of Jim Beam with the box. Think I paid around $20 or $25 for it in 1995 when it came out.

Just did a little looking and some online places are asking $1299 a bottle.

I’d keep it, and drink it. Like already suggested maybe a toast on his birthday or Christmas or special events. I’ve got a bottle of Jack that I do a shot from during important events in my life. The lady shot was Trumps inauguration.

It is crazy what people pay for special bottles. I sold three empty Jack Daniels bottles for about $400 a few years back. I paid normal JD prices for them and drank the JD.

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Originally posted by mark60:
Drink a toast to him on his birthday. Six years before my dad passed I bought a bottle of Crown and we drank a toast every year on his birthday, Christmas Day. His last year he was in poor health and I told him he had to stick around at least as long as the bottle lasted. When he passed some friends finished the bottle with me and I wound up buying another that I take to the cemetery each year on Christmas and toast him. Some might think it's silly but it's just a thing that makes me feel good.

This I can relate to. We've had a somewhat tumultuous relationship over the years. He is a manipulative, controlling, asshole who has mellowed into a somewhat nice guy in his old age. But he is my manipulative, controlling, asshole of a father who I love very much. I owe him a lot and wouldn't be the person I am today if he had been any different. My wife and I also raised two sons much differently than I was raised who are very successful in their chosen careers.

I don't need the little bit of money it might bring but a drink together at Christmas and his birthday for whatever time he has left on this earth might be the best way to enjoy this bottle.

There's a bottle for sale on the internet for $270.

My brothers and Sisters and I opened and finished a bottle of Crown Royal that my grandfather purchased in 1955. We used it to celebrate our parents 60th wedding anniversary.

Tasted pretty much the same as a new bottle.

The whiskey won't have changed much since they put it in the bottle.

I don't know if it has value to any collectors.

I have a bottle with the ABC seal on it dated 1969,

it was in my grandmonther's house when she passed,


got it in a dark cubbard, may break it open one day,


also picked up a bottle in an estate I did that was purchased at a Navy Store (PX?) in the 50's,
still has the little sticker on it,

Lord Calvert Canadian,
supposedly rot gut,, but looks neat on the shelf

canadian swill...

It might mean something to him. Sneak it in, and enjoy some with him while he tells you the story. Consider recording it...

Possibly some collectible value but maybe not.

George Dickel once made powder horn bottles. They were everywhere and looked cool, but today are not worth all that much in usual condition. You never know though. Your Crown bottle may have something unique about it. It's not all in the appearance.

$75 .... no to the toast. Put it in your closet in back and forget it.

Buy new to drink, keep the old as a momento.