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Title: Early Coca Cola Signs Post by: coke_and_stuff on August 05, 2014, 10:40:53 pm Just got back from a week long trip in Iowa. I picked these up while there.
The top one is a NOS 1922 never hung tin tacker. paper marks are present, killer piece! Bottom Sign is a 1908 this makes #6 on the 1908s that I've owned! (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v231/coke_and_stuff/2014-08-02135509_zps06f86cfe.jpg) (http://smg.photobucket.com/user/coke_and_stuff/media/2014-08-02135509_zps06f86cfe.jpg.html) (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v231/coke_and_stuff/2014-08-03182816_zps300bcf13.jpg) (http://smg.photobucket.com/user/coke_and_stuff/media/2014-08-03182816_zps300bcf13.jpg.html) Title: Re: Early Coca Cola Signs Post by: halehouse on August 05, 2014, 11:14:26 pm Nice! I really like the smaller sign. Where'd you find them? (Don't say "Iowa"). :)
Title: Re: Early Coca Cola Signs Post by: coke_and_stuff on August 06, 2014, 11:13:19 am Thanks!
Des Moines, Iowa is where I found them, I spent a week at Iowa Gas Buying and Selling. Title: Re: Early Coca Cola Signs Post by: HowDueYouDue on August 06, 2014, 11:52:21 am Very nice. Congrats
Title: Re: Early Coca Cola Signs Post by: MoonDawg on August 06, 2014, 12:40:20 pm Des Moines, Iowa is where I found them, I spent a week at Iowa Gas Buying and Selling. Ahhh......what a life! :biggrin: Title: Re: Early Coca Cola Signs Post by: Larry on August 07, 2014, 07:06:47 am I'm just amazed to see that the price of Coke in 1908 until 1950's was 5c. No inflation for the forty plus years? Yes, there were two major wars and a depression, but still no increase??
Title: Re: Early Coca Cola Signs Post by: MoonDawg on August 07, 2014, 08:21:54 am Interesting observation Larry. It may be coincidence but didn't labor unions start controlling private buisnesses in about the 50's ?
And now I can understand why, using statistics, that most early coin mech.s were designed to accept a maximum of only 10 cents. Title: Re: Early Coca Cola Signs Post by: halehouse on August 07, 2014, 08:54:42 am There are a few online articles about the 5 cent price. They all mention contracts with the bottler and vending machines.
http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_fixed_price_of_Coca-Cola_from_1886_to_1959 Title: Re: Early Coca Cola Signs Post by: MoonDawg on August 07, 2014, 09:20:37 am You sure answered my question :biggrin: Thanks!
Title: Re: Early Coca Cola Signs Post by: Larry on August 07, 2014, 12:09:14 pm Interesting article. Thanks for posting. A blank bottle, what a scam that was.
Title: Re: Early Coca Cola Signs Post by: Jared on August 10, 2014, 08:32:28 pm great signs
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