King Size Coke

[vintage57]

Trying to find bottles to fill a carton. Which size was KING size for Coke? 10 or 12oz?
Can you believe I have collected Coke for 35 years and Never paid attention to such a fact?
Do I feel like a DUH!
Thanks.
Terry

 

[OsiaBoyce]

I'd venture to guess anything but the 6 oz. bottles. Most likely the 12oz. bottles from the 60s. Here's why I say that.

These are 1960s era crowns that say Kinge Size, someone like Digdug could be more date specific than I.

Note they only say Coke. Save one from what I would belive from the 80s.

 

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ORIGINAL: vintage57

Trying to find bottles to fill a carton. Which size was KING size for Coke? 10 or 12oz?
Can you believe I have collected Coke for 35 years and Never paid attention to such a fact?
Do I feel like a DUH!
Thanks.
Terry

I hope this helps Vintage57....Jim

 

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[OsiaBoyce]

How old is your carton? Here's a 12oz. as noted on the neck.

 

[OsiaBoyce]

See.

 

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Just to throw a Monkey Wrench in the mix Vintage57, here's a carton marked 10oz. on the bottom but it also says King Size on it....???

 

[OsiaBoyce]

.......but for a definitive answer I would turn to this book by our own Digdug.

 

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This is from The Handbook of Texas Online and an article about the soft drink industry in Texas.

In 1955 Coca-Cola introduced the "king-size" (ten or twelve ounce) and the "family-size" bottles (twenty-six ounces).

 

[digdug]

The King Size was both, the 10 ounce and 12 ounce. Each bottler could choose which size they wanted to offer in their service area. Since Pepsi had used mainly the 12 ounce, a Coca-Cola bottler might want to sell a 12 ounce in his area to better compete against them, etc. So either 10 or 12 for your carton would work.
And thanks Pat for the plug on my book. I don't discuss my book on the forum due to the flak I received for doing it when it first came out.
Doug