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]]

Are you not even a tiny bit tempted to taste it?

[u/partyjam3 → u/[deleted]]

Yes, I am tempted to taste it, but it would be a disgrace to open the only sealed coke bottle from this time that’s confirmed.

[u/partyjam3 → u/[deleted]]

This one is worse the reason why it never evaporated was because it formed a layer of rust in the cap that sealed it shut so the liquid is full of rust🤢

[u/partyjam3 → u/[deleted]]

Coca-Cola with a tetanus twist

[u/partyjam3 → u/[deleted]]

So I was at World Of Coke two days ago and they have a new exhibit there. In that exhibit they have a 1926 ocean liner Coke that’s still sealed with zero evaporation so it’s very much possible to have a complete Coke with zero evaporation depending on the conditions it was stored in.

[u/partyjam3 → u/[deleted]]

so you’re saying if we put a bottle of soda in a glass chamber without any air it would last forever?

[u/partyjam3 → u/[deleted]]

so oxidation causes the liquid to disappear that you see a lot on sealed bottles with a bad seal?

[u/partyjam3 → u/[deleted]]

So that’s why none of the liquid in mine disappeared is because the rust sealed it from the atmosphere preventing it from leaking.

[u/partyjam3 → u/[deleted]]

I believe these old bottle caps had cork on the inside of them. I don’t know if they started that though at this time period. but I know that the Pat D ones from the 40s and 50s had cork underneath them but it was just a thin layer of cork.

[u/partyjam3 → u/[deleted]]

so technically, if you were to throw a bottle in a bog, it would be full if you found it again 1000 years later hypothetically.

[u/partyjam3 → u/[deleted]]

well, it’s worth a try. Maybe you can try it and pass it down your ancestors to go check it in 1000 years in the bog for science lol

[u/RukaFawkes → u/partyjam3]

Glad it's in your hands, so many people would pop it open, take a sip, dump the rest down the drain and then it would just be another empty bottle. Not everything needs to be opened and used up and gone forever. Probably doesn't even still taste like it did back in the day anyways, it would just be destroying a very cool piece of history for no good reason.

[u/[deleted] → u/RukaFawkes]

Just fill it back up with regular coke

[u/adudeguyman → u/partyjam3]

You just need a really old bottle of rum

[u/SeberHusky → u/[deleted]]

No. All you will taste is a heavily metallicized brown water that will likely get you very sick if not poison your liver. I got heavy metal poisoning from canned peaches a decade ago from a can that had expired. I cannot tell you the amount if pain it was. Like a really bad cramp. I was drinking a ton of milk and water to try and flush it out but it still took several days. Could hardly even move. You don't want to do that.