Can't decide... hidden gem?
Rob85635
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I stopped at a yard sale last week and saw two boxes of coca cola memorabilia among the other items for sale. They had the usual suspects... commemorative bottles, tins, stuffed animals and other common items but I liked the six compressed t-shirts they had. The lady was talking to me about them telling me her husband worked for coca cola for years and left in the later part of the 90's. This was the remainder of his collection he did not want, apparently he had a lot more in the house. I dug through it and thought the t-shirts were interesting. There is the one pictured, one that is compressed to look like a coke bottle, one that is in a coke classic plastic bottle, a Superbowl XXXIII t-shirt compressed into a football, and two compressed ones that are circular (a Sprite Remix and another coca cola with some design).
They had varying prices from $1.00 to $1.75. I thought "what the heck" and figured I would give them to my kids or if any of them had value maybe ebay them. I put all six on a table by the lady and looked around more, telling her I wanted all of them. Not finding anything else I went back to pay and she put them in a bag and told me I could have them all for $6.00. As I was paying her husband came out of the house through the garage and saw what I was buying and started chatting. He found out I got them all from his wife for $6.00 and he commented that I got a good deal because the one Citra shirt was only costing me a quarter. I had not looked at it closely and asked him what he meant. It was then he showed me the shirt had three quarters in the wrapping. I had no idea but this shirt was made to go into a coke machine and when dispensed the winner would have the shirt and $.75 to buy another drink with. What a great promotion. I believe the plastic coke classic bottle with the shirt in it was also made to vend from a machine but he didn't say anything about that one. I remember this particular shirt was $1.75 but she just charged a dollar a piece. I wonder if her husband had words with her when he left but he didn't seem at all upset.
I have been thinking about it and wondering. Do I put this on ebay ( I saw one for about $6.00 or so listed there) or do I open it? My fantasy is I will open this thing and finding 3 GEM BU silver quarters, my logical mind says it's probably three beat up quarters from the 80s or 90s.
What say you all?
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You have will power! I would of opened it right away!
"Jesus died for you and for me, Thank you,Jesus"!!!
--- If it should happen I die and leave this world and you want to remember me. Please only remember my opening Sig Line.Sell as is.
There will be no silver.
Three quarters but no 55 Lincoln doubled die? Cool item.
Looks like you'll get 3 clad quarters from the 90's. May as well open or stick on BST for a few bucks..
http://www.ebay.com/itm/1998-Coca-Cola-CITRA-NOS-New-Vintage-T-Shirt-Vending-/282371835853?hash=item41beac47cd:g:gsAAAOSwEzxYbCI9
Go for it. There might easily be a doubledate, like the cigarette packs of days of yore where all the 55/55 pennies were found.
I would open it... I am incurable in that respect. Any time I get a 'sealed' hidden item - be it GSA dollars or otherwise - I open it.... Well, except for three original mint rolls of first year Sacs I have... could be a mule in there... only reason I have not opened them is I keep forgetting... too many other things going on...
Cheers, RickO