Which soda bottle is most valuable?

Are old Coke bottles worth money?

The straight-sided bottles can vary in value from $25 up to around $400, depending on the condition and the uniqueness. Amber-colored bottles, sold widely in the South and Midwest, tend to be more valuable than the clear or light green or flint straight-sided bottles that were more common in other parts of the country.

What old bottles are worth the most?

Rare bottle blows past estimate

A 150-year-old blue Cassin's Grape Brandy Bitters bottle, so rare that for years many doubted its existence, has sold for a staggering $155,000.

How can you tell if a bottle is valuable?

The Age of the Bottle

While not all old bottles are valuable, an older bottle is more likely to be worth more than a newer one. Seams and pontil marks are two of the ways you can determine a bottle's age. The pontil mark is the mark at the bottom of the bottle where it was attached to the glass blower's pontil rod.

What is the rarest Coca-Cola bottle?

The rarest Coke bottle ever to be made is known as the Root Glass Company Modified Prototype Bottle. It was designed in 1915 by the company's parent bottling company in Atlanta. The bottle is believed to be one of the only two remaining test bottles from the original Atlanta facility.

Some Soda Bottles Can Sell For $5000 Each

Is there a market for old soda bottles?

According to Country Living, many vintage soda bottles (from the early 1900s through the 1970s) are pretty easy to come across and can sell for $10 to $30, depending on whether they were part of a limited release.

What Pepsi bottles are worth money?

The Pepsi Logo. Logo color and the condition of the paper label play an important role in identifying the year of manufacture of a Pepsi bottle. Bottles with a red and white logo were made after 1948. However, bottles with a red, white, and blue logo were made during World War II and can be worth around $25.

How do you date soda bottles?

How do I know how old my bottle is?

The embossed maker's mark or letters on the side of a bottle or on the base of a bottle will help to reveal a bottle's age. Marks or letters on collectible milk bottles and Coca Cola bottles are commonly indicators of age and origin.

What do numbers on the bottom of glass bottles mean?

In most cases, one- or two-digit numbers are actually mold numbers that indicate the specific bottle mold or section in an automatic bottle machine. If numerous molds were identical, each one received its own number. Base numbers also indicate bottle styles or shapes, manufacturing dates, or factory location codes.

How much is a 1996 Olympic Coke bottle worth?

This Commemorative Olympics Coke Bottle Sold For $2,500.

Are unopened Coke bottles worth money?

Regular, vintage Coke bottles start at around $10, and anniversary models or special editions can sell for about $30, reports Country Living. Despite their age, many bottles are not especially valuable because there were so many made, according to the Coca-Cola Company.

What do the numbers on the bottom of a Coke bottle mean?

If a bottle is from one of the first three time periods listed above (1938-1965) there will likely be a small embossed date code found on the waist left or right of a letter or symbol. For instance, the number “42” on a bottle marked either “87 L 42” or “42 L 87” would denote a bottle made in 1942 during WWII.

What is the oldest unopened bottle of Coke?

Incredibly rare 130-year-old Cola bottle is discovered after being bought for $5 at flea market. An empty glass bottle bought for just $5 at a flea market turned out to be an incredibly rare 130-year-old forerunner to Coca-Cola.

What Coca-Cola items are worth money?

What color glass bottles are worth money?

Less common colors such as teal, cobalt blue, amethyst, straw yellow or sapphire blue tend to be worth much more than their clear or common-colored counterparts.

What are the most valuable glass bottles?

WHAT DOES A or B mean on the bottle?

Urine samples routinely are split into two bottles, the “A” bottle and the “B” bottle. If the “A” bottle generates a positive result, the “B” bottle is tested. Amazingly, the “B” bottle doesn't have to independently show a violation.

Why do old bottles have a round bottom?

Rounded bases were designed to do the opposite of most flat bottle bases and ensured that the bottle was not left standing upright. The rounded bottom was to ensure that the bottle was left on its side so that the wired down cork would not dry out and shrink allowing the contents to loose carbonation and/or evaporate.

What is the murder bottle?

At the time, the doctors were unsure of what the bacteria was, but it remained in the under-cleaned hose of the bottles. The bacteria would then flourish to a point where it became deadly. The bottles caused the tragic death of so many babies and this was where they earned the nickname “murder bottles”.

What is a Hutchinson bottle?

Hutchinson soda bottles are a unique type of antique bottle that had a wire stopper inside the neck and blob of the bottle. We collectors often refer to them simply as "Hutches". The wire piece that makes up the stopper on the bottle is slightly hourglass shaped.

What is the date on the bottom of a soda can?

That's our “Best Taste Date.” Nothing expires or goes bad in the product, but we recommend you drink AMP by that date so you get the best flavor.