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codydogg
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hello- i always look at this site and see very cool stuff! and sometimes i cant belive the amount some of the medicine bottles go for! this is a bottle i found cleaning out a old house-im not sure if its a good 1 or not-so if anybody can give me some input on it! i would really app"-it! im new to this stuff! i have a bunch of old stuff i have no idea about! this wont be my last item-thats for sure! thank you merry new year !!!!
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need to know what numbers and marks are on the bottom.
HELLO-mr.viking~ Im sorry for the super long void before I finelly get back to you-but I didnt know ware i put the bottle! plus-time just flys also!!:) so i was looking at some pic's on my p/c-wanted to delete some and i have a shot of the bottom of this bottle!-you want to give me your email-and i will send it to you?-or what would you like me to do? just let me know--Ill will do that for yea! if i told you them it wouldnt be right! thee all over the place! ok-i went and turned it all around and this is what i think it is; from the top left(on the bottom) is;
3 1 7 ~~those are the numbers at the top/when the bottle is on its side-now the 1 in the middle has a O around it!~then in the center is; 16 OZ. ! THERES A 1% CHANCE THATS ITS A 15 --instead of a 16! but i highly dought it! hope that helps--and feel free to ask anything else-its no problem! -do you like that bottle?- or you save them? let me know-if you ont mind! thanks again-c-dogg