Welcome to another Guide for the Coca Cola Collector. This guide is really the second half of the guide "Coca Cola Collecting - THE NEXT STEP." I would advise you to read the first half, which gives you many ways to date your memorabilia. In this half, we are going to look at actually working out which country the items have come from.

Left: Bottle from Ethiopia.    Middle: Can from Thailand.    Right: Can from Bnei Brak

Why it is important!

     For some people it is not important to know where an item has come from. Thats fine. Not everyone wants to get into the background of collecting. But there will be times when you have an article, like maybe the 3 items above. Everything on the can or bottle is in a different language, except for maybe a proper Coca Cola logo on the other side. How do you determine where it is from.?

Using the "Registered Trade Mark" line

     Under the normal Coca Cola Logo that is nearly always on these items, there will be a line of type that basically means "Registered Trade Mark" or something along those lines, in the specifiic language of the country. It does not appear on every single item, but cans, bottles and most memorabila with the normal logo will have it, and thats most.

     By knowing what writing each country has, you can narrow down, and alot of the times correctly work out exactly where the item was from. Obviously some countries may have exactly the same line of foreign words, but it narrows it down or confirms what you believe the country to be.

     I have compiled a list of lines that many countries use on their items. I have taken it off not only cans, but bottles and memorabilia as well. Thus you will find that some lines might mention bottle in them, but still it gives you the unique language that was used, and it makes it so much easier to get a country.

PLEASE NOTE: The trademark line is written in Upper and Lower case the same way as it appears on the item. Most of these trademark lines are pre-1996, so countries may have changed slightly.

     When the Coca Cola logo is foreign, like the ones above, then usually the trademark line is foreign too. This method works only for the normal logos used on foreign items.

COUNTRY & TRADEMARK LINE:

• Algeria   MARQUE ET MODELE DEPOSES
• Argentina   MARCA REGISTRADA or MARCAS REG
• Aruba   GEDEP. HANDELSMERK
• Australia   TRADE MARK REGD.
• Austria   SCHUTZMARKE LIMONADE or MARQUES DEPOSEES               
• Bahamas   REGD. TRADE MARK or TRADE MARKS REGD.
• Barbados   REGISTERED TRADE MARK
• Belgium   MARQUES DEPOSEE GEDEP MARK or MARQUES DEPOSEE or MARQUIS DEPOSEE - GEDEP MERKEN
• Bolivia   BOTELLA MARCIA REG. INDUSTRIA BOLIVIANA
• Brazil   MARCA REG. DE FANTASIA
• British Columbia   TRADE MARK RE.
• Bulgaria   3ANA3HA-MAPKA
• Canada   Marques Deposees/Trade Marks Reg. or Trade Mark Reg./Marques deposee or Trade Marks/Marques de Commerce
• Casablanca   MARQUE ET MODELE DEPOSES
• Ceylon   TRADE MARK REGISTERED
• Chile   MARCA REGISTRADA
• Columbia   INDUSTRIA COLOMBIANA
• Costa Rica   BOTELLA MARCA REG.
• Cuba   MARCA REGISTRADA/REG.
• Curacao   GEDEP. HANDELMERK
• Cyprus   REGISTERED TRADE MARK
• Czechoslovakia   NAZEVILAHEV-ZAPS OCHR ZNANKY
• Denmark   REG. VRM FLASK REG. VRM
• Dominican Republic   BOTELLA MARCA REG.
• Equador   MARCA REGISTRADA or MARCA REG.
• Egypt   TRADE MARK REGISTERED
• El Salvador   MARCA REGISTRADA
• England   REGISTERED TRADEMARK or REGISTERED TRADEMARKS
• Ethiopia   TRADE MARK
• Finland   KASVISVUTE JUOMA
• France   MARQUE DEPOSEE or MARQUES DEPOSEES
• Germany   SCHUTZHARKE or SCHUTZMARKEN
• Greece   Enau Katate Bev
• Grenada   REGD. TRADE MARK
• Guadalupe   REGD. TRADE MARK
• Guatemala   MARCA IND. REG. BAJO
• Haiti   MARQUE DEPOSEE
• Holland   GEDEP. MERK or REGISTERED TRADE MARKS or SCHUTZMARKEN MARCAS REG
• Hondouras   MARCA REGISTRADA BOTELLA
• Hong Kong   REGISTERED TRADE MARKS
• Hungary   TORV-VE'D
• Iceland   SKRASETT-VORUMERKI
• India   TRADE MARK REGISTERED
• Indonesia   MEREK DAN BOTOL TERDAFTAR or MEREK-MEREK TERDAFTAR
• Iran   TRADE MARK REGISTERED (Also in Persian)
• Ireland   REGISTERED TRADE MARK
• Israel   TRADE MARKS REGD. (Also in Hebrew)
• Italy   MARCHIO REGISTRATO or MARCHI REGISTRATI
• Japan   TRADE MARK REGD (Also in Japanese)
• Kenya   TRADE MARK REGISTERED
• Korea   REGISTERED TRADE MARK (Also in Korean)
• Kuwait   (Trade Mark in Arabic)
• Libya   TRADE MARK REGISTERED
• Liechtenstein   MARQUE DEPOSEE LIMONADE GAZEUSE
• Luxembourg   MARQUE DEPOSEE
• Macao   TRADE MARK REGISTERED
• Malaysia   TRADE MARK REGISTERED
• Mexica   MARC REG/MARCA REG/MARCA REGISTRADA
• Middle East (Trade Mark in Arabic)
• Morocco   MARQUES ET MODELE DEPOSES or MARQUES DEPOSEES (Also in Arabic)
• Nepal   TRADE MARK REGISTERED
• New Zealand   TRADE MARK REGD.
• Nigeria   REG. BOTTLE TRADE MARK
• Norway   KULLSYREHOLDIG LESKEDRIKK/REG.VRM
• Okinawa   TRADE MARK REGISTERED (Also in Japanese)
• Panama   MARCAS REGISTRADAS or MARCA REGISTRADA
• Paraguay   MARCA REGISTRADA
• Peru   MARCA REGISTRAA/BOTELLA MARCA REG.
• Phillipines   REG. PHIL. PAT. OFF.
• Poland   ZNAK TOW. 1 BUT ZASTRZ
• Portugal   MARCA REGISTRADA
• Puerto Rico   REGD. TRADE MARK or MARCA REGISTRADA
• Russia   TOPTOBAR HAPRA/TOPTOBAR 3HAK 
• Santa Dimengo   MARCA REGISTRADA
• Saudi Arabia   KAKI COLA  (No Trade Mark)
• Scotland    REG. TRADE MARK
• Singapore   TRADE MARK REGISTERED
• South Africa   REGD. TRADE MARK or GEREG HANDELSMERK
• South Korea   REGISTERED TRADE MARK
• Spain   MARCA REG or MARCAS REG.
• Sudan   KOLA  (No Trade Mark)
• Sultanare of Oman   TRADE MARKS
• Surinam   FLESALS MERK GEDEP
• Sweden   REG. VARUMARKE or REG. VARUMARKEN
• Switzerland   MARQUE DEPOSEE LIMONADE GAZEUSE
• Tahiti   MARQUE ET MODELE DEPOSES
• Taiwan   REGSIETERED TRADE MARK
• Thailand   (Trade Mark in Thia)
• Trinidad   REGD. TRADE-MARK
• United Arab Emirates   TRADE MARKS (Also in Arabic)
• U.S.A.   Trademark R or Trademarks R
• Venezuela   MARCA REG. or MARCAS REG.
• West  Indies   TRADE MARK  R
• Yugoslavia   IME 1 BOCA REG. ZAST ZNACI

    The use of these lines will really help in finding where the item came from. Once you get use to the foreign logos as well, it becomes easier to work it out as well.

    If you are interested in bidding on some Coca Cola items, have a look at these sellers. I have had great dealings with them, and would recommend them to anyone.

Eamon's Coke Hut - He lives and breathes Coke. Sometimes he drinks it too. Have a look, its worth it.

robbos coke - Some great items for the Coca Cola collector. Sometimes nice rare stuff.

Lucilles Interesting - Collectables - Anything Coke. Another great seller.

ccolasmyhaven - Really nice Coke collectables. Some rare and very different.

or you can vist my items for sale at mmmmmcoke items for auction and make sure you visit my guides at mmmmmcoke guides for you

    Thank you for reading my guide and I hope you got something out of it!

Regards, Mike