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.
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  • 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.
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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
  • If applicable, search interior of bag and/or pockets for small white tag with production information and include a picture of that.
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Item: COACH LEGACY Brown Leather Satchel Shoulder Bag Purse F12868
Listing #: 221703031619
Seller: quality goods-ca
Link: http://www.ebay.ca/itm/221703031619?_trksid=p2055119.m1438.l2648&ssPageName=STRK:MEBIDX:IT


Item: Coach Handbag. 100% Black Leather
Item #: 251855973048
Seller: baraja2009carlos
Link: http://www.ebay.ca/itm/251855973048?_trksid=p2055119.m1438.l2649&ssPageName=STRK:MEBIDX:IT

Wondering if they are authentic they are from before I started buying Coach.

Both of them look good.
 

As we talked about starting in post # 2328, creed and serial details have to be compared to other stampings from the same plant, month and year.

Both of those stamps are exactly what they're supposed to be.
 
Here is another J8Y creed bag so... fake?

Item:Vintage Coach Legacy Trail Lime Green Crossbody Handbag 9965
Seller: barbus-7mrqnbl
item#: 151605243699
link: http://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-Coa...699?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item234c606f33
Yes, fake. We've never found an authentic bag with that prefix. Notice that you never see the Y factory code with any other month and year. Why would they go to the expense of opening a factory for just one month? I don't think they ever made this style with nickel hardware. The bags that were made in the kiwi or lime color were done with brass hardware. The style was never called a trail bag either.
 
Thanks ladies. I saw that comparison pic and I'm like, how can they compare 2 fine looking creeds and say one is fake? I found the 6388 bag and the creed looks almost identical including the underscore.
I just hate the bad info out there.
In the same thread, someone said that as long as it has YKK, the bags were real. I immediately called her out and the response was, I can tell a fake from a mile away.
I just said, good for you but your advice is pretty bad, especially for newbies.
She then deleted her comments and everyone started bashing me.
As much as it frustrates me, i just want to tell them to enjoy their fake bags with fake YKK zippers.
 
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