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found this bottle on the weekend , was driving along a small highway and noticed clear signs of broken glass in the ditch , which appeared to be older as it was too deep to be recent . the area appeared to have been dug out in the last year or so

anyways I poked around for a bit and didn't really find anything good , several broken Canada dry bottles , one coca cola from 1952 that was not broken and a couple other broken ones . also several beer bottles


and near the end I found this green Fanta bottle poking out of the dirt , its in somewhat poor shape but still has some acl left , not marked as being Canadian . only says " a fine product of coca cola ltd , min contents 6 fl oz "


not a Fanta expert but pretty sure this bottle is from the 60's era and my books show there being a local bottler who did in fact bottle Fanta in that area . not sure how early Fanta was sold /bottled in Canada ? thinking the 60's maybe was when it started here



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it was also the first time I've ever found an older Fanta bottle in the wild , have found many older cans before but never a bottle

also have a clear Fanta bottle of the same design , think it came in an assortment of bottles I got at a yard sale a couple years ago , don't know much about it but also think its from the 60's era

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I don't remember seeing a green Fanta before. The clear ones like that I see time to time and I have a couple of them. I wonder if the green one was an earlier version or a different flavour.
 

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Yes its definetly Canadian...and probably the rarest if not at least one of out of the second gentration bottles, these are not readily available...heck I don't even have one!..lol
There is also a quart in this style that comes in green and clear, the clear is a bit more common...the green pretty tough. Fanta was introduced in Canada in 1960... and 1959 in the USA.
This is the second generation bottle introduced late 61-early 62 and ran up till about 1967-68.

Great find BTW!
 

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I don't remember seeing a green Fanta before. The clear ones like that I see time to time and I have a couple of them. I wonder if the green one was an earlier version or a different flavour.


was wondering if they had a grapefruit drink back then ? if that's what it was for , but not really sure what flavours they had back then

there orange drink is popular now days but not sure what flavours were popular back in the 60's
 

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Yes its definetly Canadian...and probably the rarest if not at least one of out of the second gentration bottles, these are not readily available...heck I don't even have one!..lol
There is also a quart in this style that comes in green and clear, the clear is a bit more common...the green pretty tough. Fanta was introduced in Canada in 1960... and 1959 in the USA.
This is the second generation bottle introduced late 61-early 62 and ran up till about 1967-68.

Great find BTW!

its a good thing they didn't smash it like the other bottles I found there , although not exactly in good condition , some of the blue acl paint is still there and a lot of marks/ scratches on the bottle

definitely has a 60's look to it , surprising I never found one until now as you think Fanta would of been popular back then
 

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there is also a no deposit bottle from Fanta from the 60's / 70's era , have a picture of one but don't have this bottle and not sure if I've even seen one in person. but definitely Canadian as its French/ English , wonder if there is a green version of this bottle too ?

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The NDNR Fanta is pretty common, never seen a green...possible there is a green out there!
 

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Hmm I feel like I have a green NDNR Fanta, but I could be wrong. I'll have to check in a couple weeks when I'm back home.
 

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