Me and a bottle I found made the news tonight.

[Drift]

That Champaign Coca-Cola bottle I found in Peoria made the Champaign news today! I wish I said some things I wanted to say and didn't say the things that sounded dumb, but for my first time using Zoom on my phone it turned out alright. And yes, you heard that right at the end. I'm in the market for a van to live out of and dig bottles nationwide.

Rare Illini bottle found

PEORIA, Ill. (WCIA) — There are not a lot of things that can last for almost a century. Turns out a glass bottle is one of them. A former Champaign native and bottle collector stumbled upon a…

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[hemihampton]

Congrats, Nice find & nice Story. LEON.

 

[Drift]

Thanks, Leon! I appreciate that. I'm still kinda green to bottle digging, so I hope my respect for the hobby shows and that I don't come across as too naive or in it for money (I know that's a fool's game).

 

[Drift]

Okay... which one of you is this?

RAREST ILLINI 1923 FIRST MEMORIAL STADIUM GAME GIVEAWAY COCA COLA BOTTLE | eBay

It is a 7 oz. bottle that looks new with no case wear.

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Guess I shouldn't've publicised the bottle, lol. I only got $280 for mine! Wonder how high it'll go...

It looks mint, and it's the only one of the three other examples I've seen that appears to be the same variant that mine was. The base picture is blurry though so I can't say that for sure.