A metallic end closure with controlled buckling characteristics, said metallic end closure adapted for interconnection to a neck of a beverage container, comprising: a peripheral curl ; a chuck wall interconnected to and extending downwardly from said peripheral curl ; a countersink interconnected to a lower end of said chuck wall ; an inner panel wall extending upwardly from an interior portion of said countersink ; a central panel interconnected to an upper portion of said inner panel wall , said central panel having a substantially planar surface oriented in a substantially horizontal plane; a pull tab having a nose end and a tail end , said pull tab operably interconnected to said central panel ; a score line in said central panel , which defines a substantially hinged tear panel and pour opening ; at least one induced buckle coin positioned on said central panel and proximate to an outer peripheral edge of said central panel , said at least one induced buckle coin extending around said central panel no greater than about 90 degrees as measured from a center point of said end closure ; and a panel radius defined by said upper portion of said inner panel wall and said outer peripheral edge of said central panel , said panel radius having a first radius of curvature (R8), and wherein said panel radius comprises a continuous panel coin which extends continuously around said panel radius and is a flattened shoulder; characterized in that a non-continuous panel coin positioned proximate to said panel radius and interrupted proximate to said at least one induced buckle coin , an innermost edge of said non-continuous panel coin is closer to a center point in said central panel than an innermost edge of said continuous panel coin , wherein any buckling of said metallic end closure is initiated proximate to said at least one induced buckle coin when a pressure within the beverage container is elevated. a peripheral curl ; a chuck wall interconnected to and extending downwardly from said peripheral curl ; a countersink interconnected to a lower end of said chuck wall ; an inner panel wall extending upwardly from an interior portion of said countersink ; a central panel interconnected to an upper portion of said inner panel wall , said central panel having a substantially planar surface oriented in a substantially horizontal plane; a pull tab having a nose end and a tail end , said pull tab operably interconnected to said central panel ; a score line in said central panel , which defines a substantially hinged tear panel and pour opening ; at least one induced buckle coin positioned on said central panel and proximate to an outer peripheral edge of said central panel , said at least one induced buckle coin extending around said central panel no greater than about 90 degrees as measured from a center point of said end closure ; and a panel radius defined by said upper portion of said inner panel wall and said outer peripheral edge of said central panel , said panel radius having a first radius of curvature (R8), and wherein said panel radius comprises a continuous panel coin which extends continuously around said panel radius and is a flattened shoulder; characterized in that a non-continuous panel coin positioned proximate to said panel radius and interrupted proximate to said at least one induced buckle coin , an innermost edge of said non-continuous panel coin is closer to a center point in said central panel than an innermost edge of said continuous panel coin , wherein any buckling of said metallic end closure is initiated proximate to said at least one induced buckle coin when a pressure within the beverage container is elevated. <EOS>