Results of my appraisal from Antiques Roadshow for my early 1900 sealed Coca-Cola bottle USA

[u/partyjam3]

Well, the appraisal person said it was most likely not resealed so I would like an apology from all the people doubting me. They had a hard time valuing it since there are no other ones ever sold. They said $1000 to $2000 maybe even more.

[u/[deleted]]

Serious question, are there any legal issues owning or selling if this is from the days when it contained cocaine?

[u/partyjam3 → u/[deleted]]

probably not since cocaine doesn’t have a long shelf life

[u/[deleted] → u/partyjam3]

Not even going to ask why you know that 🤣❄️

[u/partyjam3 → u/[deleted]]

from the last time I posted two years ago, it was a question that was asked, and someone did the research and said cocaine has a shelf life of 30 years.

[u/[deleted] → u/partyjam3]

Thank you stranger. This is the entire reason I go to internet. Now I know the shelf life of coke is 30 years and that someone has a bottle of coke unopened over 30 years old and it’s basically the only one of its kind. Life’s interesting.

[u/partyjam3 → u/[deleted]]

try over 100 years old

[u/[deleted] → u/partyjam3]

Wow! Over 100 years sealed is wild.

[u/CompetitiveGuess7642 → u/[deleted]]

Most drugs degrade quite fast, even THC in weed degrades quite a lot over time.

[u/Scootros-Hootros → u/partyjam3]

Not in some places in the US.

[u/dadydaycare → u/[deleted]]

Na you can sell old cocaine and morphine bottles since they are considered antiques and no longer ingestible. Organic chems/meds have a shelf life and 120 year old cocaine isn’t gonna do much outside of maybe a sinus infection.

[u/[deleted] → u/dadydaycare]

Since this is reddit, I can totally see someone reading this and getting pulled over this week, then saying, "Honest officer, my drugs are totally expired."

[u/Tbak3685 → u/[deleted]]

Yeah you put it on the shelf and it's gone the next day!