Coke 6 1/2 ounce ARK Green, need help with dating.

[crazycro]

I need help dating this Coke 6 1/2 ounce bottle. The 4 numbers embossed on the side are 71-15, also there's a "D" embossed on the side toward the bottom. The bottle is also embossed on the bottom with Brinkley ARK which is really odd considering I found it in a basement of a 150 year old house in NJ. Thanks for any infoEddie

 

[cowseatmaize]

Hi, I think the side #'s are the mold code, 71 the year and 15 the mold ID. I never really got into Coke collecting but I read something like that.

 

[crazycro]

Thx Eric

 

[harnest]

Eric is right, it is a 1971 year bottle. The city name on the bottom is a random name, not the city where bottled. This is known by the line connecting the city and state.