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Lot # 479: 1907 Coca-Cola "Cocaine" Pamphlet

Category: Cuban Non-sports

Starting Bid: $300.00

Bids: 1 (Bid History)

Time Left: Auction closed

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Item was in Auction "August 2001",
which ran from 8/1/2001 12:00 AM to
8/31/2001 9:00 PM



Historically important six-pager was created in Cuba regarding a study by Dr. Gaston Cuadrado of the Academy of Science of Havana. It is a detailed analysis of chemical tests to show that there was no longer cocaine present in Coca-Cola. Originally there were small levels present. However, in the 1890's, cocaine was believed to be a cause of racial violence by drug-crazed blacks. The New York Tribune published an article in 1903 linking Coca-Cola with black crime and calling for legal action against the company. Shortly thereafter Coke quietly switched to "spent" coca leaves (with no cocaine present) and completed this study as a propaganda device. Pamphlet has a couple of chips and a couple of small stains. The only one specimen we know to exist. This was published in Cuba (in Spanish) because of the sugar monopoly there. 8.5x5.75".

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