Authenticate This COACH - **see first post for format**

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Please post authenticity questions related to COACH in this thread. No PMs please.
For further information, please refer to the first post on page 1 of this thread.

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BASIC PICTURES REQUIRED (but more may be requested): If necessary pictures are in the listing, it's not necessary to upload and duplicate them.
  • Front of item
  • Back of item
  • Full clear and legible creed text and serial number
  • Made in tags (when available)
  • Measurements
  • For bags with turnlock closures, show pictures of back of female side of turnlock
  • For bags with magnetic snaps, show pictures of the male part of the snap so that the numbers and letters on it can be read
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#18,317
whateve said:
It's authentic. I'm surprised it isn't as heavy as 80s and 90s versions of this bag. I don't think they changed the leather much until the mid 2000s. Every bag I've gotten from the Costa Rican plant up through 2002-2003 has had wonderful, thick leather. I don't know when they changed the strap. I know they were like that around 2010 and later. They could have changed as early as 2002 when your bag was made, or the strap is a replacement.
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I have an old note that says the Basic Bag was re-issued in 2002 with the wide single strap, maybe catalog- or website-only. It looks like before that, it had been discontinued in 1991.
 
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Canter said:
Could you please take a look at this briefcase and let me know what you think? Thank you very much.View attachment 3514630 View attachment 3514631 View attachment 3514632 View attachment 3514633 View attachment 3514634 View attachment 3514635 View attachment 3514636
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Canter said:
And here is another one - it did not have a strap, and is pictured with a Station Bag strap (last photo shows both bags - the Station Bag has been authenticated. View attachment 3514640 View attachment 3514637 View attachment 3514638 View attachment 3514640 View attachment 3514643 View attachment 3514644
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Both are fine. The hangtag on the Willis is obviously not original.
 
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whateve said:
It's authentic. I'm surprised it isn't as heavy as 80s and 90s versions of this bag. I don't think they changed the leather much until the mid 2000s. Every bag I've gotten from the Costa Rican plant up through 2002-2003 has had wonderful, thick leather. I don't know when they changed the strap. I know they were like that around 2010 and later. They could have changed as early as 2002 when your bag was made, or the strap is a replacement.
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Thanks for the authentication Whateve. This is the youngest 'classic' bag I have, and the leather and it really surprised me. I guess I got the lucky dd one in the bunch :)
 
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