1915 Coca Cola Error Bottle

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I was cleaning my 1915 Patent Coca Cola bottles when I found one with a mold error. The "9" in the 1915 date more closely resembles a "7" than a "9". There is no loop in the 9 , just a straight line across the top. I can't figure out how to load a photo on this new computer. Just wondering if anyone else has ever seen this before. Hope to get a photo soon. Buster
 

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Can you email it to me? I'll be glad to throw it on for you if you can. Will pm my address.
 

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I will try to post the photo. Hope this works IMG_0157.JPG
 

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That's pretty wild. Almost looks like a lower case script "r" or even pi! I've got a Vienna, Ga. 1915 with some crude embossing, but not that extreme.
 

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I see the Porters Coke book calls it scarce. LEON.
 

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Sorry it took so long to get the photo posted. New computer. Thanks for looking. I Still have some more 1915s to go through. The entire embossing on this bottle is rather thick looking. It must have been a bad mold or too much glass or something. Buster
 

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IMG_0161.JPG This bottle was made by The Laurens Glass Company. If the date code of 25 is correct, Then this bottle would have been made in 1925. So I guess they were still using the Pat 1915 bottle molds after the Pat 1923 came out. The mold may have had a lot of wear causing the error on the date. Not sure when Laurens changed molds to the 1923 pat date. Buster
 

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I don't think they started using the Christmas Cokes until 1928. LEON.
 

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