6-1/2 oz Coke, painted label

[Blackfoot58]

Not my oldest by any means, but I like the San Antonio mark on bottom.

 

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[villagenut]

Cool old coke. I remember driving my bike all over town looking for bottles in ditches and along roadways and sidewalks.....and made some decent money for candy and a slurpee. I couldn't believe that people would just throw away ten cents like that. Life was good back then, especially if i nabbed a bigger bottle on my route, those paid 20 cent.

 

[Blackfoot58]

Cool old coke. I remember driving my bike all over town looking for bottles in ditches and along roadways and sidewalks.....and made some decent money for candy and a slurpee. I couldn't believe that people would just throw away ten cents like that. Life was good back then, especially if i nabbed a bigger bottle on my route, those paid 20 cent.

I worked at a watermelon farm. In 1968 they had 16 oz Cokes for a dime at their stand; 20 cents if you took the bottle to go.

 

[Sandog]

We used to buy our cokes and then bet on whose came from the farthest city.

 

[Peyton Manning]

I seem to recall a nickel per bottle

 

[Blackfoot58]

I seem to recall a nickel per bottle

Yes, for the 6-1/2 oz

 

[dieselfool]

In Iowa in the '60s we got $.03 per bottle. Not too good unless you had a ton of them. They were dangerous to handle, too. My cousin wrecked his bike returning a bunch of them and got cut up by the broken glass.

 

[Blackfoot58]

I was allowed 1 pop per week when I was a kid. Coke was my favorite by far. Pepsi was too sweet, 7up was for upset stomachs. LOL

 

[ToddsPoint]

We used to buy our cokes and then bet on whose came from the farthest city.

I used to play that game at work and always won. I was the one who filled the pop machine.😎

 

[Sandog]

I used to play that game at work and always won. I was the one who filled the pop machine.😎

Good gravy, you must be near as old as me. I got to fill the big red Coke cooler in my mom & dad's store.

 

[Blackfoot58]

Our local Sinclair station had a Coke machine that was the chest-type: lift the lid and pull the bottle through a maze to get it out of the cold water.

 

[Sandog]

That's my dad on the far left. These coolers had bottle sized holes to put them down in the cold water bath. Same principle, but not mechanical.

 

[cajundetector]

Not my oldest by any means, but I like the San Antonio mark on bottom.

When I’m too lazy to dig, I drive along this coulee and pick them out of the bank. If I’m lucky paint still on there. I give them out to co-workers/ family because they make awesome vases. If cracked, I cut them into necklaces. Nice find!

 

[scruggs]

Brings back memories of when I was riding my bike looking for coke bottles to turn in and get 2 cents for each one. I had a basket attached to the front of my bike, hit a curb and a bottle bounced out and hit a parked car and the driver was sitting in it. He got out asked me my name and phone number and I gave it to him. He called my Dad and wanted his car painted. My Dad had it painted and it was a big car...a Cadillac...this was 1957 I believe. Nice bottle you found!

 

[Blackfoot58]

Brings back memories of when I was riding my bike looking for coke bottles to turn in and get 2 cents for each one. I had a basket attached to the front of my bike, hit a curb and a bottle bounced out and hit a parked car and the driver was sitting in it. He got out asked me my name and phone number and I gave it to him. He called my Dad and wanted his car painted. My Dad had it painted and it was a big car...a Cadillac...this was 1957 I believe. Nice bottle you found!

Ouch! A Caddy paint job!