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Any date info
There are all a little over 7 1/5" tall.
 

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They're a bit hard to read from the pictures, but I'd guess that all of these were likely produced between the late 1950s and the late 1960s.

The leftmost one, assuming that's the Grand Rapids MI bottle, was produced sometime after 1964, but probably before the late 1970s when they began to switch over to most ACL bottles from what I understand. The 6 1/2 Fl Oz embossing was introduced in 1957, and in 1964 they added the "Bottle Trade Mark" text to the base of these bottles. I think these still came with a date code on the side (halfway between the base and the Coca-Cola script); it will be a two digit number.

I think the middle one, assuming it's the Fairmont W. VA bottle, is probably closer to the 1957 date. It looks like that one is also a "6½ Fl Oz" bottle (placing it 1957 or later), and Coke did make other colored bottles than the traditional aqua/green (known as Georgia Green), especially in the earlier days of production (from the pictures it looks like this one is clear, not aqua/green). I'm fairly confident this one should have a 2-digit date code on the "hobbleskirt" part, half-way between the text and the base of the bottle.

The right-most one is an ACL or printed bottle, and are actually a bit easier to date, even without super clear pictures. Coke began using ACL bottle in 1955, but the ACL was only applied larger size bottles the first two years - an article by the SHA suggest it may have been a reluctance to change the historic size (the 6 1/2 oz bottles) to anything other than what they had been doing for the last 50 years.
In 1957 they caved and began using ACLs on the 6 1/2 ounce bottles, though they also continued to make the embossed ones. In 1959 they added the word "Coke" to the neck of the bottle (also in an ACL), but it was only on the opposite side of the main label, so I can't tell from your pictures. They remained separate until 1964, when they ended up on both sides of the bottle.

Here's a great article on dating/identifying Coke bottles, if you're interested: https://sha.org/bottle/pdffiles/coca-cola.pdf

Value wise, these are maybe $1-5 bottles in about 90% of cases (I have trouble selling ones - in worse shape than yours, admittedly - for $3 ea on eBay). The bottling town embossed on the bottle makes all the differences - some are much rare than others (usually small towns), but even then they're not worth much usually. Collectors generally seek out the older Coke bottles (pre-1930s), so the only time these usually sell is if someone is interested in the bottling location. In this case I think the Fairmont WVA bottle is rare - just a much smaller town than Grand Rapids MI.
 
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Thank you so very much. Very kind of you for sharing the information, I really appreciate it. The Georgia green color is cool. I've kind of also have heard the W.Va. one might be of lesser circulation and more desired.
I imagined the dates around 50 - 60's as you stated. I'm happy with that because of the look and small size of the bottle.
Also thank you for the link and your wealth of knowledge.

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hoosegale
 

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