The Vault: Chronicles of a 21st Coal Miner: WV in My Pop

 I have begun importing old blog posts from the old blog. This was October 2013....






WV Logo on Pop Cans


It's always been there. What is it exactly? Who knows. I don't.


I'm speaking of the "WV1" logo on pop cans. Ya know, this:







I always thought it was just some WV thing, since I grew up here and all. That is, until I moved to Texas and Oklahoma in 2008. Out there, I also saw the "WV1" logo. Surely these cans weren't bottled and processed in West Virginia. So the wonder began.


Then tonight, while cruising Yahoo Answers; it happened. This work of art:



Have you ever looked at the top of a soda can. The state of West Virginia is on it. I've looked and looked but never figured out why, as it doesn't seem to be related to where it's bottled.


Anyone know why?

6 years ago Report Abuse



I don't live anywhere close to WV, so this isn't a local thing!



Then the wonder came back. The answer was just and seemed reasonable:


"Currently only West Virginia levies an excise tax on soft drinks and requires that soft drink packaging visibly indicate that the tax has been paid by the distributor. West Virginia law requires that an outline of the state be inscribed in a 1/4 inch circle on the can end. The State of West Virginia now allows soft drink distributors who are bonded in the state to ink-jet the tax information on the bottoms of cans. The product is in compliance if "WV1" is ink-jetted on the bottom regardless of the inscribed outline of the state."


Then I thought about it...Why are Texas bottlers stamping Texas cans saying they have paid a tax to West Virginia, a wholesome 1,200+ miles from the jurisdiction?


I'm clearly not satisfied with this answer, and I called BS. I went to the Tax Code section of the state website to find it in disarray and completely blank on most pages, but I did catch the beer "by the barrel" tax of $5.50 (who ships by the barrel in the 21st century?).


So that was a dead end, since I thought the excise tax on soft drinks was a couple cents higher than 1 cent. And even then, if it is, it still doesn't explain why states far away with their own bottlers stamp the cans with the "WV1".



2024 update: They just stamp the damn thing to stamp the damn thing. No need to make special dyes for little ol' West Virginia. 


:) 

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