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Found a unopened coke bottle (1950's?)... - 11/10/2003 3:46:20 PM    subspin   Posts: 1 Joined: 11/10/2003 Status: offline TRADEMARK REGISTERED IN US PATENT OFFICE" Description: Hobbleskirt, 6 1/2 oz. raised letter, crown sealed, returnable This is the description of the Coke bottle. #1 Is it worth anything? #2 Is it from the 1950's? (From the pictures and descriptions I've read on the internet, it appears to be). Attachment (1) < Message edited by subspin -- 11/10/2003 4:09:50 PM > Post #: 1

RE: Found a unopened coke bottle (1950's?)... - 11/15/2003 7:34:51 PM    roniVA   Posts: 4 Joined: 11/14/2003 Status: offline I don't know for sure, but here's what I do know. I am about to turn 37. When I was 15, I 'babysat' for an elderly woman who lived with her daughter and son-in-law. (She was told that she was baby sitting for me. She tended to wander and her daughter didn't want to leave her alone in the house.) Anyway, once in a blue moon, they would go out and I would come and stay with her. Whenever I did this, the couple would leave me a 'little' Coke in the fridge. It was supposed to be much better tasting than one in a larger bottle. I actually compared the taste of the 'little' Coke to a coke from a larger bottle one evening (it was boring watching an old lady!) The smaller one was much better. I was told that the son-in-law had bought several cases of this size when he heard they were going to stop producing them. I don't know when he bought them, but I turned 15 in November of 1982 so it couldn't have been much earlier than that. I know I've been no help at all, but I took a lovely turn down memory lane thanks to your post. Roni (in reply to subspin) Post #: 2

RE: Found a unopened coke bottle (1950's?)... - 12/13/2003 2:38:51 AM    Guest From Reggie's Antique Coca-Cola Bottles Web site: http://www.antiquebottles.com/rl/coke/#CokePatent Patent Cokes 1951-1965 These bottles are all ABM with a height of 7 3/4" and have the familiar hobble-skirt design. The 6 oz versions were produced from 1951 to 1958, while the 6 1/2 oz versions were produced from 1958 to 1965. The front side of these bottles is embossed with: Coca-Cola TRADE MARK REGISTERED IN U.S. PATENT OFFICE and the rear side is embossed with: Coca-Cola TRADE MARK REGISTERED CONTENTS 6 FL OZS. or CONTENTS 6 1/2 FL. OZS. (in reply to subspin)   Post #: 3

RE: Found a unopened coke bottle (1950's?)... - 12/13/2003 2:46:33 AM    Guest I'm not sure when, but at one point in time they started using corn syrup instead of sugar as a sweetener. If I recall correctly, it was right around the time period you mentioned that sugar prices went through the roof, because I remember it wasn't long after the Arab oil embargo of the 70s. Hence the taste difference, and yes, they did taste much better when they used sugar. (in reply to roniVA)   Post #: 4

RE: Found a unopened coke bottle (1950's?)... - 12/21/2008 4:44:59 PM    RICKJJ59W Posts: 11898 Joined: 3/8/2007 From: Lehigh Valley US of A Status: offline I'll tell you what its worth,its worth the time to get a tall glass, fill it with ice and have a coke its the real thing! _____________________________ My web site. Lots of privy and dump dig pictures. Also dig story's I had published in Antique Bottle & Glass Collector magazine and Western & Eastern Treasure's www.19thcenturybottlediggers.com (in reply to subspin) Post #: 5

RE: Found a unopened coke bottle (1950's?)... - 12/21/2008 7:57:24 PM    grime5   Posts: 549 Joined: 10/28/2005 From: london ky Status: offline depends on what town if any is listed on the bottom. some  6 1/2 oz cities are hard to find. also look down the side of your bottle around the slimest part.you should see 2 sets of numbers. your date is there. hope i helped. by the way dont drink it. i had some i kept full for years and had to open them to store them outside. if i stored them full they would have frozen. when i opened them  they stank bad. later greg _____________________________ always looking for london ky bottles or other advertising looking for 1915 and 1923 cokes www.bottlesbottlesbottles.com (in reply to RICKJJ59W) Post #: 6

RE: Found a unopened coke bottle (1950's?)... - 12/22/2008 3:12:22 PM    jays emporium Posts: 1513 Joined: 12/18/2006 From: Victoria, Texas Status: offline In 1975-1978 when I was in college I used to stop at small town grocery stores on my way back to school and go through their Coke inventory and pick out the embossed bottles and buy them by the 6 pack.  So I know they continued to re-bottle Coke in old embossed 6 1/2 ounce bottles until that time.  Your bottle probably was made in the 1950's or 60's but may have been refilled in the 1970's or later.  If you want to know how old the liquid Coke is you might be able to date it better by the style of the bottle cap. (in reply to grime5) Post #: 7

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