To provide a metallic container for holding a mosquito coil or the like, which is produced at a lower fabrication and material cost.

This metallic container is composed of a container body 1 and cover 10, wherein the peripheral wall 12 of the cover 10 is provided with a continuous rolling-in section 13 over the entire periphery and projecting inward from the internal wall of the peripheral wall 12, the peripheral wall 14 of the container body 11 is provided with a continuous rolling-in section 15 over the entire periphery and projecting outward therefrom, and these rolling-in sections 13 and 15 are fit to each other over the entire periphery, when the cover 10 is fit onto the container body 11, to fix the cover 10 to the container body 11.