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

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IMPORTANT READ-ME

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.

Please follow the following requests:
  • Before you submit a request for authentication, please search this thread to make sure that the item has not previously been authenticated by searching the seller ID and/or item number. This is not a thread to ask general questions about COACH, please refer to our main Coach forum for such information.
  • Note that authenticators have the right to refuse any requests. This is a free service, but it is imperative that you help our authenticators by using the following format:
  • FOR ITEMS LISTED ONLINE:
    Item:
    Listing number:
    Seller and site where listed
    Link:
    Comments:

  • FOR ITEMS NOT LISTED ONLINE:
    Item:
    Where purchased or how obtained
    Comments:
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
  • If applicable, search interior of bag and/or pockets for small white tag with production information and include a picture of that.
Thank you and be safe!
 
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#2,162
maramd said:
Fake? Starts with J8D.

Vintage Coach Light Green Cross Body Handbag 4104
Item 271782114963
Seller cheesestickbaby
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-Coa...8&pid=100005&rk=3&rkt=6&sd=261782768264&rt=nc
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Hyacinth said:
The fonts especially the ones used in the serial number are wrong for bags made at the D plant in late 1998. It should look like this:
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I'd avoid cheesestickbaby. This listing from the seller is also fake:

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-Coa...188?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item3f4779a56c

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#2,164
whateve said:
It's an authentic crescent bag if that creed picture is really for this bag. Did you notice that the creed picture is a different color than the rest? It is from the late 70s or 80s.
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I noticed that too. I just sent the seller an email asking why that is :) I'm assuming that it's because the bag was photoshopped to be able to show the creed, but we'll see what the seller says.
 
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Hello everyone. I have been a lurker. Today I am officially a poster. I have learned so much. Thank you to all who contribute.

I saw two purses on Ebay on Sunday. One was made in Korea...I contacted the seller who told me he was going to handle it. 48 hours later, it is still there..

Coach purse with long strap
Seller: stormchaser666
Item number: 161605587299

Link: http://www.ebay.com/itm/161605587299?_trksid=p2055119.m1438.l2649&ssPageName=STRK:MEBIDX:IT

Comments would be appreciated.

There is a second which I am going to post separately just to make sure I have this right.

Thank you.
 
#2,166
Hyacinth said:
The fonts especially the ones used in the serial number are wrong for bags made at the D plant in late 1998. It should look like this:
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BeenBurned said:
I'd avoid cheesestickbaby. This listing from the seller is also fake:

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-Coa...188?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item3f4779a56c

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BUT WAIT, THERE'S MORE !!!

The navy tote sold on January28 was also fake, the serial fonts aren't the ones used by the C plant:
281571713200
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-Coa...200?pt=US_CSA_WH_Handbags&hash=item418efb60b0

Do NOT buy any Coach products from cheesestickbaby !!!

Here are fake and genuine creeds from the C plant in 1999. Top is FAKE, Bottom is Genuine. Note the too-long underline and the slightly squished "united states" in the fake.

ETA - Many of the fake *9C- prefixes also look as if the name "Coach" in the cartouche at the top of the creed is going downhill.
 

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grammysfinds said:
Hello everyone. I have been a lurker. Today I am officially a poster. I have learned so much. Thank you to all who contribute.

I saw two purses on Ebay on Sunday. One was made in Korea...I contacted the seller who told me he was going to handle it. 48 hours later, it is still there..

Coach purse with long strap
Seller: stormchaser666
Item number: 161605587299

Link: http://www.ebay.com/itm/161605587299?_trksid=p2055119.m1438.l2649&ssPageName=STRK:MEBIDX:IT

Comments would be appreciated.

There is a second which I am going to post separately just to make sure I have this right.

Thank you.
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It's fake. Report! And since stormchaser666 didn't "handle it" appropriately, I wouldn't do business with him.

The seller knows it's fake. The first listing he had for the bag had "authentic original" in the title and description. The relisted item (as well as the other listings) don't use original or authentic and they have a sort of authenticity "ignorance" disclaimer in the descriptions.

Apparently his way of "handling it" is to remove "authentic" and "original" from the listing and claim that as a male, he doesn't carry nor know purses.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/ORIGINAL-AU...D&orig_cvip=true&rt=nc&_trksid=p2047675.l2557
 
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BeenBurned said:
It's fake. Report! And since stormchaser666 didn't "handle it" appropriately, I wouldn't do business with him.

The seller knows it's fake. The first listing he had for the bag had "authentic original" in the title and description. The relisted item (as well as the other listings) don't use original or authentic and they have a sort of authenticity "ignorance" disclaimer in the descriptions.

Apparently his way of "handling it" is to remove "authentic" and "original" from the listing and claim that as a male, he doesn't carry nor know purses.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/ORIGINAL-AU...D&orig_cvip=true&rt=nc&_trksid=p2047675.l2557
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Thank you. I wasn't interested in purchasing it...just happened upon it. I will report.
 
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