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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.

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:
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    Listing number:
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  • FOR ITEMS NOT LISTED ONLINE:
    Item:
    Where purchased or how obtained
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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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Erilynn25 said:
Item: Coach Patchwork Gallery Tote Fall 11495
Listing number: 152719950920
Seller: actoy_mia
Link: http://www.ebay.com/itm/COACH-Authe...950920?hash=item238ed18448:g:IEYAAOSwScdZzAGe
Comments: This bag looks fake to me, but I want to make sure before I report it. Thank you!
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Hyacinth said:
It's fake. A lot of the patches are wrong including C pattern ones with Cs that are the wrong size or shape. The trim should be a light to medium brown, and the overall stitching is really bad. AND the hardware on that style should ALWAYS be brass, never silver.
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actoy_mia has this fake too!
http://www.ebay.com/itm/COACH-Authe...957262?hash=item238ed19d0e:g:lT8AAOSwb69ZzARQ
 
#25,158
BeenBurned said:
I'm curious about this briefcase. THe seller has a "pretty extensive" history of mixing.

The following listing certainly doesn't look like any 4082 I've seen!

Seller ltc_988
Item: 371848881406
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Coach-4082-...881406?hash=item5693eba4fe:g:q7gAAOSwImRYiXAF
Coach 4082 BreifCase DOUBLE BUCKLE BLKACK BRIEFCASE (PU800
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Fake. The serial is stamped much too deeply and the entire creed is wrong including a too-big Coach logo and cartouche at the top of it, style 4082 is a Soho Bag, NOT a briefcase (there are NO briefcases at all anywhere in the 40xx number sequence, they're almost all Lightweights or Sohos), the serial prefix looks like J(?)4X- which isn't a valid plant code for 1994 - the creed is the old "scars, scratches" and says made in the United States - and there wouldn't have even been an X plant in 1994, Coach didn't even get to "U" for Hungary until 1995. The first verifiable X plant item I have on file is from late 1996 and the creed stamp doesn't look anything like this one.

This is the best I can do enlarging the creed. Any other guesses as to what the serial number might be?

x_plant+old creed+wrtong style_ ltc_988-a.jpg .
 
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#25,159
Hyacinth said:
Fake. The serial is stamped much too deeply and the entire creed is wrong including a too-big Coach logo and cartouche at the top of it, style 4082 is a Soho Bag, NOT a briefcase (there are NO briefcases at all anywhere in the 40xx number sequence, they're almost all Lightweights or Sohos), the serial prefix looks like J(?)4X- which isn't a valid plant code for 1994 - the creed is the old "scars, scratches" and says made in the United States - and there wouldn't have even been an X plant in 1994, Coach didn't even get to "U" for Hungary until 1995. The first verifiable X plant item I have on file is from late 1996 and the creed stamp doesn't look anything like this one.

This is the best I can do enlarging the creed. Any other guesses as to what the serial number might be?

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Thank you for confirming. This seller's history (according to my records) goes back to 2012. And I've reported over 10 times!

The prefix looks like J4N to me.
 
#25,160
Hyacinth said:
Fake. The serial is stamped much too deeply and the entire creed is wrong including a too-big Coach logo and cartouche at the top of it, style 4082 is a Soho Bag, NOT a briefcase (there are NO briefcases at all anywhere in the 40xx number sequence, they're almost all Lightweights or Sohos), the serial prefix looks like J(?)4X- which isn't a valid plant code for 1994 - the creed is the old "scars, scratches" and says made in the United States - and there wouldn't have even been an X plant in 1994, Coach didn't even get to "U" for Hungary until 1995. The first verifiable X plant item I have on file is from late 1996 and the creed stamp doesn't look anything like this one.

This is the best I can do enlarging the creed. Any other guesses as to what the serial number might be?

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I think it is J4K.
 
#25,163
Hyacinth said:
Fake. The serial is stamped much too deeply and the entire creed is wrong including a too-big Coach logo and cartouche at the top of it, style 4082 is a Soho Bag, NOT a briefcase (there are NO briefcases at all anywhere in the 40xx number sequence, they're almost all Lightweights or Sohos), the serial prefix looks like J(?)4X- which isn't a valid plant code for 1994 - the creed is the old "scars, scratches" and says made in the United States - and there wouldn't have even been an X plant in 1994, Coach didn't even get to "U" for Hungary until 1995. The first verifiable X plant item I have on file is from late 1996 and the creed stamp doesn't look anything like this one.

This is the best I can do enlarging the creed. Any other guesses as to what the serial number might be?

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BeenBurned said:
Thank you for confirming. This seller's history (according to my records) goes back to 2012. And I've reported over 10 times!

The prefix looks like J4N to me.
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whateve said:
I think it is J4K.
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Well, if none of us can read it and come up with the same result, I doubt very much if Coach stamped it! And every time I look at that J or whatever it is, it looks different.Wonder if the seller takes such cwap photos on purpose?
 
#25,165
kiyakaboom said:
Hi there,

Could you please authenticate the handbag:

ebay.com/itm/Coach-241-Vintage-Sand-Leather-Swingpack-Crossbody-Shoulder-Bag-Purse-Tag-Charm/332390485335
Coach 241 Vintage Sand Leather Swingpack Crossbody Shoulder Bag Purse Tag Charm
Seller information
second-joy
eBay item number:
332390485335

Do you know how to get out ink? Thanks for your time
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Please wait for one of the other authenticators to confirm authenticity. Regarding the ink, it's very hard to remove from tan leather. Please search the Coach Rehab and Rescue thread for further information (not very encouraging, I'm sorry to say).
https://forum.purseblog.com/threads/coach-rehab-and-rescue-club.833400/
 
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#25,168
kiyakaboom said:
Hi there,

Could you please authenticate the handbag:

ebay.com/itm/Coach-241-Vintage-Sand-Leather-Swingpack-Crossbody-Shoulder-Bag-Purse-Tag-Charm/332390485335
Coach 241 Vintage Sand Leather Swingpack Crossbody Shoulder Bag Purse Tag Charm
Seller information
second-joy
eBay item number:
332390485335

Do you know how to get out ink? Thanks for your time
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It's authentic. Your link didn't work for me. This is the link: http://www.ebay.com/itm/Coach-241-V...485335?hash=item4d64044d57:g:TfIAAOSw1MBZyD8R
Catbird9 said:
Please wait for one of the other authenticators to confirm authenticity. Regarding the ink, it's very hard to remove from tan leather. Please search the Coach Rehab and Rescue thread for further information (not very encouraging, I'm sorry to say).
https://forum.purseblog.com/threads/coach-rehab-and-rescue-club.833400/
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I agree with Catbird9 that ink is really hard to remove. I wouldn't worry about the ink inside. For the outside, I would try the zit cream bleaching method. Since it is a light colored bag, the bleached area wouldn't be as noticeable as on a dark bag, and would probably be easy to cover with paint. Keep in mind that you might not be able to remove the ink so it is a risk.
 
#25,169
BeenBurned said:
Her fakes have already been removed.

If this is the attitude of kimdrharri_0, I wouldn't do business with her. Clearly, she's in denial though perhaps after her 3 fakes were removed, she might be open to advice!
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Since a post was made about me I will respond. I in no way knew any of the.purses were not authentic. These particular ones and others were owned by my mother. Yes I was frustrated, when it was stated that they were not authentic. I was in no way attempting to get over on anyone. I even had this particular purse looked at by a person, who said she knows coach purses. I think it is very childish to share my emails because in that moment I was upset. I have been checking all the others purses, before they are listed. So feel free to police my listings.
 
#25,170
Kimdra76 said:
Since a post was made about me I will respond. I in no way knew any of the.purses were not authentic. These particular ones and others were owned by my mother. Yes I was frustrated, when it was stated that they were not authentic. I was in no way attempting to get over on anyone. I even had this particular purse looked at by a person, who said she knows coach purses. I think it is very childish to share my emails because in that moment I was upset. I have been checking all the others purses, before they are listed. So feel free to police my listings.
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Welcome to the purse forum. We would be happy to authenticate your Coach purses for you before you list them. We can't authenticate any active listings for a seller, although we will for potential buyers.
 
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