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#15,391
Does anyone know if I am authentic & if so, what name & style # do I go by?

Thank you for your help in advance! ;)
 

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#15,392
Are you guys able to authenticate this one? The number on the creed is pretty worn off, I used some powder to try to get it to show and adjusted the contrast in photoshop. This is the clearest I could get it.

- Olive Green Vista Bag
- In my possession
- Approx. 11"x7" with magnetic closure and adjustable buckle strap. I believe the numbers read F5D-9947
 

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#15,394
rkiz said:
Are you guys able to authenticate this one? The number on the creed is pretty worn off, I used some powder to try to get it to show and adjusted the contrast in photoshop. This is the clearest I could get it.

- Olive Green Vista Bag
- In my possession
- Approx. 11"x7" with magnetic closure and adjustable buckle strap. I believe the numbers read F5D-9947
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It's a genuine Vista Bag, style 9947 from 1995
 
#15,396
go2girl99 said:
can some please check out this picture and give me some advise and possible a name for this bag??? :smile1:

https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?...74562142.1073741853.1075243144&type=3&theater

https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?...74562142.1073741853.1075243144&type=3&theater

its about 11x11x3 with a very long strap Style# F70-9021
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If you mean the black one, I think the number is F7C-9021. Please be sure in the future to post a larger photo of the creed stamp and serial number so we can see the details of the stampings.

It's a genuine Weston Shopper from 1997
 
#15,397
Please authenticate when able, thank you. :smile1:

(In my possession)

Item: Coach ??? shoulder bag.
Measurements: About 9 x 9 x 3 inches.
Comments: This is the bag I passed on to get the Basic bag with the replaced strap or clips. I thought at first it was a very plain bag, till I saw the very unique strap. I have no clue what style it is.

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#15,398
BeenBurned said:
This is interesting and I don't think it's ever come up before!

Although the bag referenced in the old post above was a definitely fake BIN or B1N bag, I'm wondering whether we've commented that there WAS an N plant in China in 2006. I didn't find anything posted in the past but (like just about everything else Coach), there ARE exceptions to the N=Mexico plant "rule."


When I was poking around (looking for something else), the only bags I found with this Chinese plant were style 10075 and all were made in very few months during the first 1/2 of 2006. Whateve found additional exceptions including a bag that appears to be authentic but with an N US plant serial/text.

I couldn't find the style on the wayback machine but found a small stock picture as well as a larger and more definitive image better showing the bag.

Post to follow will show Whateve's further examples of NON-Mexico N creeds.
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My mistake for not going into more detail. I also have a photo and note about a handful of genuine N codes from China in 2005 and 2006. Since the fake BIN- serial prefixes always are on Made in USA creeds and the genuine China ones are all using 2-number year codes I didn't bother to mention them
 
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#15,399
WishingonaCoach said:
Please authenticate when able, thank you. :smile1:

(In my possession)

Item: Coach ??? shoulder bag.
Measurements: About 9 x 9 x 3 inches.
Comments: This is the bag I passed on to get the Basic bag with the replaced strap or clips. I thought at first it was a very plain bag, till I saw the very unique strap. I have no clue what style it is.

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It's a Flatiron Flap from the Flatiron line that came out in 1997 and disappeared shortly afterwards. All the styles with long straps had that oddball buckle.

Holiday 1997 catalog:
 

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Hyacinth said:
It's a Flatiron Flap from the Flatiron line that came out in 1997 and disappeared shortly afterwards. All the styles with long straps had that oddball buckle.

Holiday 1997 catalog:
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Thank you so very much Hyacinth, always sharing great info.

Flatiron, gosh! what a name for a bag, LOL. I am very happy with the exchange, basic bags there are many out there, but this one is really different ;)
 
#15,401
WishingonaCoach said:
Thank you so very much Hyacinth, always sharing great info.

Flatiron, gosh! what a name for a bag, LOL. I am very happy with the exchange, basic bags there are many out there, but this one is really different ;)
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True, it's always more fun to have something that no one else seems to have. C0ach tried a lot of different ideas in the late 1990s and abandoned most of them, but they did create some interesting bags along the way! :D

And it's fun trying to figure out where they got the inspiration for the names. I think the Flatirons were probably named to honor an iconic NYC building, one of its earliest skyscrapers:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flatiron_Building
 
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#15,402
Hyacinth said:
True, it's always more fun to have something that no one else seems to have. C0ach tried a lot of different ideas in the late 1990s and abandoned most of them, but they did create some interesting bags along the way! :D
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You are right, and that's definitely me. There are so many beautiful bags (most out of my price range), that I rather carry something what will surprise people when they know it is ALSO Coach, ;)
 
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