Found This Nehi bottle

[Postman]

Saw a similiar post about this but cant find it! Can you tell me anything about this bottle? It was bottled in Quincy Illinois. It is a Nehi the best!

 

[towhead]

Maybe this is what you were looking for:

https://www.antique-bottles.net/forum/m-5008/mpage-1/key-nehi/tm.htm#10456

There is more, select SEARCH at top of page and type in NEHI....

 

[opie]

I want one of those so bad all I keep finding are broken but I'm not giving up hope yet. []

 

[bottlenutboy]

yours should be from "chero cola bottling co" instead of "nehi bottling co" if it is then it would be an earlier bottle somewhere between 1925 (when the bottle was patented) and about 1935-40. great find i had to buy mine....

i want one of those the ones i find are broken

if you cover shipping i have a cracked one i will send you

 

[Postman]

It says on it NEHI BOTTLINC COMPANY. The Patent date is Mar 3 1925. So how old is it? How much is it worth?

 

[bottlenutboy]

i didnt know there were any of the nehi "the best" from nehi bottling co the nehis are all common as far as i know probably about $8-$10 or so depending on who wants it and how bad.....i get alot of broken ones here too as for the year i would guesstimate it to be in the 30s to 40s range there are some newer ones that dont say "the best" on them that are a late 40s to 50s so i would put it somewhere in the mid range

 

[Postman]

I saw another post that said the NEHI "the best" was rarer because they only used it for a short time because of a copyright. Any truth to that???

 

[wvhillbilly]

If I remember right the 9 oz Nehi version being made in the 30's, during WW2 they made a 7 oz to promote sales, and I beleive in the late 40's the bottle changed to a ACL. Around here you can pick them up $3-$5 although I got a pair at a flea market for a buck, but there long gone.

 

[RICKJJ59W]

I dug 2 of these I don't collect crown tops I sold them both for 100 bucks.
(the best) are the older ones 1925 the first Nehi sold.

 

[bottlenutboy]

I sold them both for 100 bucks.

did you write down his number?? i got one ill let go for that![]