HEY TIM  ...... well for one bring a magnet and then if it does not stick to the sign you know its plastic :-). Also I believe they have repoed  these in the past outa steel too so the major thing I think of is to look for the patent verbiage under the coca cola wording. Other then that hopefully others have ideas.... On the off chance was that the sign that the guy said he had a glob of drywall mud on? Just was wondering LOL wouldn't you think to maybe try and remove that while one owned the sign? And with that; my insomnia is cured and back to sleep.  Adam

Did they repop a 36" button? I thought they only did the smaller ones?

Do you know if it's porcelain or just painted...?

Wow, thanks for the tips. i'm going to have to check mine tonight

I finally got a chance to check out the Coke Button tonight.  The guy is in the middle of a move and all of his stuff was in storage.

It is a 36" button with the bottle and Coca-Cola across the middle.  It has a few chips in it as it appears to have been hung outside at some point during its life.  I have attached a picture but it is not the greatest.

There are a few chips in the finish to the left of the bottom of the bottle and near the "o" in Coca.  The finish is in decent shape but there are some scratches hear and there.

The thing that bothers me is that I could not find any of the markings described in the previous posts (i.e.  AM-XX or Reg. US Patent Office).  I looked the sign over very carefully and could not find markings on the front, the rim or the back.  The guy wants $200 which seems like a lot.  And BTW the white mark on the bottle was drywall compund.  It has been cleaned off.

I was thinking of offering him $125 but I don't know if even that seems to high based on the condition.  I am buying it to display on the wall by my two machines (Vendo-39 and Cavalier USS -8-64)!  Any suggestions from the experts!

THANKS!

Tim