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I have doubts about this one:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Coach-Straw...540993?hash=item58ec7a0241:g:gh8AAOSwnHZYerkD
seller: acquiringvintage
# 381924540993
It's fake. They don't make that strawberry keychain with multiple berries.

It's trying to be a takeoff of this one but I don't have the style number handy.
GENUINE 1631:
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FAKE from acquiringvintage:
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Hello all! I found this bag a week ago at my local thrift store, waited on it and decided if I came back and it was still there I would get it, and lo and behold! I guess the style is a compartment bag? Not sure what color it is- it is much more orangey red than the British Tan I have seen but not like a red red.
Thanks in advance! I appreciate your efforts very much!
 

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I have doubts about this one:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Coach-Straw...540993?hash=item58ec7a0241:g:gh8AAOSwnHZYerkD
seller: acquiringvintage
# 381924540993

I don't think the fonts used in the Coach stamps or on the leaves are genuine.

This one looks wrong to me too, and the fonts are the same as the one above. It will take a while to look through my photo files, but neither of these "feel" right.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/NEW-RARE-Coach-Red-Green-Strawberry-Porcelain-Enamel-Key-Chain-Ring-Fob-Charm/182420960964?_trksid=p2047675.c100005.m1851&_trkparms=aid=222007&algo=SIC.MBE&ao=2&asc=40839&meid=64cca30b6fdb47359fb22a972686131e&pid=100005&rk=2&rkt=6&sd=381924540993

Here's the original # 1631, top of the page. The Coach drilldown pics are never totally dependable, but the Coach berry seems to have a slightly wider top, and the leaves are darker green. I don't think Coach would make a large single Strawberry and then a similar chain with multiples of the same charm. The chain rings on the multiples piece are also too thin and too oval.

ETA - here's a listing for a part of someon'es collection, all of the ones I've glanced at look genuine:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Coach-New-K...hash=item25cbe6e23f:m:mTiiXUYXo9Vjv-TfWB57wTw

below are close-ups of the Strawberry Keyfob showing that the Coach name on the leaf has a different font, and the "seeds" or whatever they're called on the berry's surface are oval, not round like they are on both suspected fakes.

1631_real Strawberry KF-c.jpg 1631_real Strawberry KF-d.jpg 1631_d1.jpg
 
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It's fake. They don't make that strawberry keychain with multiple berries.

It's trying to be a takeoff of this one but I don't have the style number handy.
GENUINE 1631:
View attachment 3574635

FAKE from acquiringvintage:
s-l1600.jpg

View attachment 3574650

I don't think the fonts used in the Coach stamps or on the leaves are genuine.

This one looks wrong to me too, and the fonts are the same as the one above. It will take a while to look through my photo files, but neither of these "feel" right.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/NEW-RARE-Coach-Red-Green-Strawberry-Porcelain-Enamel-Key-Chain-Ring-Fob-Charm/182420960964?_trksid=p2047675.c100005.m1851&_trkparms=aid=222007&algo=SIC.MBE&ao=2&asc=40839&meid=64cca30b6fdb47359fb22a972686131e&pid=100005&rk=2&rkt=6&sd=381924540993

Here's the original # 1631. The Coach drilldown pics are never totally dependable, but the Coach berry seems to have a slightly wider top, and the leaves are darker green and attached by 2 small rings instead of one big one. I don't think Coach would make a large single Strawberry and then a similar chain with multiples of the same charm. The chain rings on the multiples piece are also too thin and too oval.
My thoughts exactly! Thank you for the confirmation. I'm always leery of multiples of the same charm. I only know of a few cases when they did it, and in those cases, the charms were smaller and in a greater number.
 
Hello all! I found this bag a week ago at my local thrift store, waited on it and decided if I came back and it was still there I would get it, and lo and behold! I guess the style is a compartment bag? Not sure what color it is. Thanks in advance?

Yes, Compartment Bag (Large?) from 1995. Even if the shade looked different the color still would have probably just been called Red.
 
This listing above from yourgoodfortuneonline is fake.

You can see the differences in the shape of the strawberry (which should be more heart-shaped), the Coach logo and location on the back of the strawberry and the leaves when compared to the following listings which ARE authentic.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Coach-Straw...386939?hash=item489770a3fb:g:TwIAAOSw5cNYLP3s
and
http://www.ebay.com/itm/COACH-RETIR...759296?hash=item211df8b500:g:LvoAAOSw-0xYcDI1

Compare my side by side comps:
yourgoodfortuneonline fake vs auth  coach 1631 KF front.png
yourgoodfortuneonline fake vs auth  coach 1631 KF back.png
 
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