How does one recognize an antique coca cola bottle?!
How does one recognize an antique coca cola bottle?
i found what seems to be an old coca cola bottle , kind of heavy. it has a number on the side---5327----on the bottom it says----NEW YORK NY--- any ideas out there ?
Answers:
You really need to look at a collector's guide to be certain. There are many ones on the subject of Coca-Cola memorabilia. One of those guides will help you cross-reference the information mentioned and other info such as the bottle size.
Some things that would signal a newer bottle would include screw cap, UPC code, nutritional label, deposit info, and the such...
Hey, yes it should be a real one, but its not really worth a lot, but still is nice to have a antique coca-cola bottle.
yeah thats probably one
Based on your description, you have a 6 ounce Coca-Cola contour-shaped bottle from 1953. Check the embossed lettering at the waist of the bottle, does it say:
"US PATENT OFFICE/MIN CONTENTS 6 FL OZ"
Coke bottles with the above lettering were produced from 1951 to 1958.
In general, you look for:
(1) glass - thickness, uniformity
(2) embossed or painted lettering -
Here's a dating guide for the embossed letterings:
1917-1928 BOTTLE PAT'D. NOV 16 1915
1928-1938 BOTTLE PAT'D. DEC 25 1923
1938-1951 BOTTLE PAT. D-105529
1951-1958 US PATENT OFFICE/MIN CONTENTS 6 FL OZ
1958-1965 US PATENT OFFICE/MIN CONTENTS 6 1/2 FL OZ
Beware that there were replicas of the BOTTLE PAT'D. DEC 25 1923 bottles made in 1989 - these you can distinguish by looking for 89 embossed toward the lower waist of the bottle and the glass are more uniform than the original ones.
Also you will find a 2 pairs of 2-digit code as you mentioned. One of them is the year code - the 53 is what I used as a clue that it was from 1953.
I hope this helps!