Hobbleskirt Coke with 1916 date error

[Dmellman]

I stay away from nuked bottles. I find them offensive.

 

[SODAPOPBOB]

After this I'm gone-gone for the day but will be back later. I rotated and edited the picture of the base with a possible 4 for closer examination ...

 

[SODAPOPBOB]

Or does it need rotated in this direction?

 

[Dmellman]

This is what I saw. coke25mod.JPG

 

[Dmellman]

I have superimposed the 1923 Nuked CHATT 23 bottle with mine using a superimpose app. I have chosed a similar angle from my bottle and lined them up. This picture is a composite of the two bottles together. Notice they superimpose PERFECTLY. Notice the final 5/6 number is blurry because they are different numbers on each bottle. The rest of the embossing reinforces each other, including the script, same angles, etc.. The best way to see this is on the app where I can fade one into the other, but I don't know how I can post something like that.IMG_5776.JPG

 

[SODAPOPBOB]

Amazing! Now, just for the heck of it, howz about posting the separate images side-by-side for comparison?

 

[Dmellman]

I took another picture of the error bottle in a very similar orientation to the eBay photo. I have tried to show how they superimpose. Honestly the best way is standing looking at the error bottle with eBay photo in hand. All letters match exactly the positions between the two bottles. IMG_5802.JPGIMG_5803.JPG IMG_5801.JPG

 

[SODAPOPBOB]

P.S. If the side-by-side's turn out, I'll send them and your superimposed image to Bill Porter and knock his socks off. He really got a kick out of the error advertisements I sent him. He wrote me back and referred to the hobbleskirts as the "corrugations" (Which is how they were described in two of the ads).

 

[Dmellman]

Keep in mind this is only true for a subset of the error bottles where the date extends past the top line. The other error bottle is another type. Although likely made by the same company given the presence of 4 on the base of both types.

 

[SODAPOPBOB]

Gracias' We must have been posting the same time. I'm studying them now.