Chero-Cola & Coca Cola

[wonkapete]

At last year's Mobile bottle show, there was a Chero bottle there I didn't have. It was Chero writtin the old script writing, but was written in an arch on the shoulder, from what I remember, not in a slant. I believe it was a GA bottle. I went back to look at it again it had been sold for $35. Does anyone have a picture of one? If you know what I'm talking about.

 

[T D]

You know I've gotta throw my two cents worth in on the Cheros. First of all, most block script bottles 1914-23 are less than $20 in pretty good shape. Most 1912's and 1913's are at least $20 in pretty good shape. Lately, there have been about three or four of us on ebay that have generated some pretty good bidding on small town Georgia Chero-Colas. Several have gone over $100. Chero of course was a competitor of Coke starting in 1912. The first (and most) bottles were bottled in Columbus, Ga. Both (Chero and Coke) were strong sellers in the south and in Georgia in particular in the latter part of the teens. Eventually, there was a total of 69 towns in Georgia that bottled Chero-Cola. Chero stayed in one lawsuit or another with Coca Cola for most of its early existance. It eventually became Nehi then Royal Crown Cola, then just a side product that eventually died out. Here are a few examples as the years rolled by...

1912 Cuthbert, Ga...

 

[wonkapete]

Thanks TD! That's the chero I was referring to! Great pic!

 

[T D]

1913 Athens, Ga.

 

[T D]

1914(15?) Washington, Ga.

 

[T D]

1916 Rome, Ga.

 

[T D]

1923 Columbus, Ga.

 

[T D]

1946? Thomson, Ga. ACL

 

[athena318]

I just found this website and I just found A chero cola bottle that looks lke first picture it is light green and says 6 1/2 Fl Oz
THE UNUSUAL to me is at the bottom it says
" THIS BOTTLE NEVER SOLD"
Shreveport LA
On Botton it Says Chero Col and has the number 2 on bottom as well.
Does anyone know anything about this, why would it say this bottle never sold?
I dig bottles in North LA but have ran out of places to dig, now I am realtor that deals in Foreclosures and this was in an old shed and in great condition, no stains, no chips, beautiful bubbles all in it.
Can anyone tell me the date and what it may be worth, I dont want to sell it though, I like it too much. But if it is worth something I Might.

 

[JGUIS]

Anyone know which of the many Zanesville Cheros or Cokes are the hardest to come by? Or the rarity of a 1915 hobble with the side seam in the wrong place?