Article: FOR SALE: ORIGINAL(?) RECIPE FOR COCA-COLA.(BUSINESS)(Recipe)

Byline: Marc Rice Associated Press

Over the years, many people have claimed to have the original recipe for Coca-Cola, only to be met with skepticism.

Now, the great-grandson of the company's co-founder says he needs cash and wants to sell the real thing.

Unfortunately for Frank M. Robinson, the document is in the hands of his estranged wife.

``I'm not in good financial shape. I'd sell it, if the price was right,'' Robinson said Friday. ``If it's got value, what use is it to me to hold onto it?''

Patti Robinson, who contends her husband gave her one of the most closely held corporate secrets as a pre-marriage ``trinket'' in ...

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