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Found this at a jobsite.... never seen a square coca cola bottle before and I have been collecting coca cola for a long time! It was bottled in my hometown, Waterloo IA. Any information and backround would be appreciated :)
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i have a friend who has a six pack of the square bottles would like to talk with you if possiable,you can senb a email at vanessa_benoit2000@yahoo.com,thank you
A friend asked me to try finding info on a square Coca-Cola just like the one above only It was bottled in Savannah GA. So far this post in Show&Tell is the only thing I've found. If anyone has learned anything more since this was posted, I'd really like some more info> Thanks
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When I was a kid in 1973, a friend and I found the old city dump in Montgomery City Mo. and we dug up many a Square Coke Bottle. They had bottled near there and when we showed them to people, most had never seen one at that time. Really unique and rare. I am not sure what they are worth.
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