Evaluating a Vintage Coke Bottle

This is an unopened Coke bottle from the 1950s.

Let's see how much the pawn shop would offer me for it.

What in the world you got today?

It's an old, unopened bottle of Coca-Cola.

This is very old, very rare.

How old do you think it is?

Over 70 years old.

So it's like 1950? I can't find one with this writing on it.

I found one with the red writing on it that looks old.

Google's saying it's 20 inches tall.

Looks like it's about a foot, maybe.

About 12 inches. You think it's drinkable?

You gotta worry about the cap and the seal. I looked it up.

AI told me that you probably shouldn't drink it.

You could open it up if you bought it and feel 1950 again, you know?

You think it's from the '50s?

Yeah.

Oh, you know, that's probably the year on the bottom of

it.

1956.

1956. eBay's got one for $10, but it's empty.

That's a whole different thing. This is full bottle of Coca-Cola, unopened.

What's it matter if it's full if you can't drink it?

It's like a sealed pack of cards or something.

Here we go. An unopened, full one pint 1956 Coke bottle

is worth somewhere

between 20 and $100.

And what would you pay for it?

I would probably take a chance at 40. Mind if I ask what you paid for it?

Paid 15. I guess I got a good deal then.

I'd give you 40 for it.

What are you gonna do with it?

Open it.

If you're gonna open it, I'll sell it for 20.

Are you sure?

I'll make $5 and we get to see it opened, yeah.

Here you go, sir.

20 bucks? Okay. So we got $20. Let's open it.

70 years old of unopened air. And he was struggling to get the

70-year-old cap off the bottle. If it's from 1950, you know,

it's probably built

different.

They're definitely built different.

I just poked-

Oh

... a hole right through the top of it.

You just disintegrated the cap.

I would say this lid's been on there a minute.

Oh, we got it.

Look how rusted that lid is.

Wow.

Look, there's rust on here.

It actually smells more like a medicine.

Whoa. Smells like a weird version of Coke. So he poured it inside this cup.

It's pouring like syrup.

And it was ready to try. Should I try it?

I wouldn't take a big drink of it.

We'll, we'll take a sip.

That's weird.

You had a tetanus shot lately?

Uh, I'm not sure.

'Cause the top of this lid was actually rusty.

Oh. Uh.

Hopefully your hospital bill's not more than $20.

Hopefully. And when we poured out the Coca-Cola,

you could see these leftover

chunks in the bottle.