This is a very rear find, a pair of 1969 Pepsi-Cola bottles with the crown top, or crown cap finish that was, produced by the Owens-Illinois Glass Co. in 1969. One bottle was, made at the Portland Oregon plant and the other was, made at the Los Angles California plane. ( both found in the same location) The hallmark on the bottom is an “I” inside of a circle. The “I” inside the circle was discontinued in 1969 on most of Owens-Illinois Glass Co. manufactured bottle. On the left of the hallmark is the plane’s identification number. The number21 stands for the Portland Oregon plant on one bottle and on the other bottle is 23 which stands for Los Angeles California plane. Too the right of the hallmark is the number 69 on bother bottles which is the year the bottles were manufactured and in this case, it is 1969. There is another number which is 18821-GK which I think is the casting mold number. There are also the words “NOT TO BE REFILLED” on the bottom of the bottles. The reason for this phase is in 60s if you return the bottle back to the store you would get money for returning the bottle the 12oz. was worth 5 cents and the 24oz. bottles was worth 10 cent. You did not need a recite to prove you bought the bottle at that store; any store would pay-for the bottles to be returned. In addition, on the sides of the bottles is “PEPSI” on one side and “PEPSI-COLA” on the other side along with “10 FL OZ” and “NO RETURN.” There are no cracks, chips, scratches, fleabites, or stains on the bottles and both bottles are in excellent condition. Side note as a child I would look around for pop bottles that people threw away and return them to any grocery store to make money. Today’s kids it is aluminum pop cans.

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