FAKE AMETHYST/PURPLE Coca Cola Bottles

AKA Cobalt Irradiated Glass

FAKE PURPLE Coca-Cola Bottles

Be careful of Hobbleskirt Coca-Cola bottles with a Deep Purple AMETHYST color. Dark purple is not a natural color for these bottles and is caused by irradiating older bottles. The older Coke bottles had manganese that will turn the bottle dark purple when irradiated. There are some naturally occurring bottles with a very slight amethyst/purple tint - leaving them out in prolonged sunlight will darken the tint (but they will NEVER become a Dark Purple). Some straight sided S-S bottles are also out there in Dark Purple. A bottle without this irradiating is worth much more for your collection. Remember: Bottles in the $300.00 - $700.00 range is unrealistic!

FAKE AMBER Coca Cola Bottles

There are also some amber colored hobble-skirt bottles around. This fad started in the 1970s many collector got ripped off. The amber color in these bottles is also artificially produced by irradiating the bottles. There are fake amber Straight Sided Coke bottles too. There are no natural amber S-S bottles from Macon GA. There are no real AMBER hobbleskirt Coca-Cola bottles. Sellers use the private bidder routine so real collectors can't warn you.

REMEMBER! THESE BOTTLES ARE WORTHLESS!!!

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