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.

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
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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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katev said:
Item: Coach Bucket Bag
Listing number: 6642624731
Link: https://chicago.craigslist.org/wcl/clo/d/coach-leather-bucket-bag/6642624731.html
Comments: The letters JGH are stamped under the creed, do you know what that means? I suppose that it could be a monogram but it is a strange place for it!
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Hyacinth said:
It looks like a home-made monogram, and not a very attractive one. I definitely think it's better INSIDE the bag - would you want that on the outside of your Coach? And yes, it's genuine
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BeenBurned said:
It looks fine but I agree it's a strange place for a monogram!
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Thanks! It is ugly, I was wondering if it was some sort of code for "defective bag" - I appreciate the information!
 
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Thank you! Luckily it was only $20. I don't feel too bad. And I'll know better next time :)
Hyacinth said:
Yes, it's fake. If the people running the estate sale are local, you should try and get your money back. Selling counterfeits under ANY circumstances is against US federal law and that includes estate sales. If you're not very familiar with Coach details and serial numbers I recommend that you only buy them used if they can be authenticated here first before buying or bidding.

Thye leather trim above the turnlock is wrong, the wording of the creed stamp is COMPLETELY wrong for the indicated year code for 1997, the fonts used in the serial number are wrong for the indicated plant code, and the supposed style number 8188 isn't even close to matching the correct style number of the bag which should be 9927. I don't even think style 8188 is a handbag of any kind, the only Coach item with that number is a pair of sunglasses. We could probably find even more problems but the ones I already listed are absolute proof that it's fake.
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Kmbat6 said:
Purchased from an estate sale. Is this a fake?
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Hyacinth said:
Yes, it's fake. If the people running the estate sale are local, you should try and get your money back. Selling counterfeits under ANY circumstances is against US federal law and that includes estate sales. If you're not very familiar with Coach details and serial numbers I recommend that you only buy them used if they can be authenticated here first before buying or bidding.

Thye leather trim above the turnlock is wrong, the wording of the creed stamp is COMPLETELY wrong for the indicated year code for 1997, the fonts used in the serial number are wrong for the indicated plant code, and the supposed style number 8188 isn't even close to matching the correct style number of the bag which should be 9927. I don't even think style 8188 is a handbag of any kind, the only Coach item with that number is a pair of sunglasses. We could probably find even more problems but the ones I already listed are absolute proof that it's fake.
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Here's another with the same bogus serial number. It looks like the Pinterest poster transposed the year and plant codes:
https://www.pinterest.ie/pin/367184175848370022/?lp=true

and the listing from Etsy seller oldtanery:
https://www.etsy.com/listing/259604936/rare-early-vintage-coach-british-tan?show_sold_out_detail=1
oldtanery etsy listing fake G7D-8188 collage w creed.png oldtanery etsy listing fake G7D-8188 front.jpg

And another from seller solider4jesus on Poshmark:
https://poshmark.com/listing/Coach-vintage-leather-bags-in-black-5976513e7f0a0586df001903?utm_campaign=referral_code=SANDEEWEBB&utm_content=feature=sh_l&rfuid=56acf6403660208bee04450b&post_roll=stitched_v1&ext_trk=branch&utm_source=pi_sh_pub

@Hyacinth - it looks like you have a new addition to your fake serial numbers thread!

ETA: Check this out!
https://forum.purseblog.com/threads/help-trying-to-authenticate-this-coach-bag.576943/
and the authentication - this post and the next after it:
https://forum.purseblog.com/threads/authenticate-this-coach.535153/page-360#post-14903721
 
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BeenBurned said:
Here's another with the same bogus serial number. It looks like the Pinterest poster transposed the year and plant codes:
https://www.pinterest.ie/pin/367184175848370022/?lp=true

and the listing from Etsy seller oldtanery:
https://www.etsy.com/listing/259604936/rare-early-vintage-coach-british-tan?show_sold_out_detail=1
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And how could we forget - TRUMPETS, PLEASE! - the Daria48 Fake Coach Serial Numbers List!
https://www.ebay.co.uk/gds/Fake-Coach-Serial-Numbers-NT-4903-and-more-/10000000002744619/g.html
From Part One, still hosted at Ebay UK, under "Always Fake":
"G7D-8188 - has shown up on several recent fakes, the second part is invalid"
 
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BeenBurned said:
Here's another with the same bogus serial number. It looks like the Pinterest poster transposed the year and plant codes:
https://www.pinterest.ie/pin/367184175848370022/?lp=true

and the listing from Etsy seller oldtanery:
https://www.etsy.com/listing/259604936/rare-early-vintage-coach-british-tan?show_sold_out_detail=1
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And another from seller solider4jesus on Poshmark:
https://poshmark.com/listing/Coach-vintage-leather-bags-in-black-5976513e7f0a0586df001903?utm_campaign=referral_code=SANDEEWEBB&utm_content=feature=sh_l&rfuid=56acf6403660208bee04450b&post_roll=stitched_v1&ext_trk=branch&utm_source=pi_sh_pub

@Hyacinth - it looks like you have a new addition to your fake serial numbers thread!
Thanks, but I'll leave that to Daria - if she ever gets a chance to re-do the list. That blasted thing is MASSIVE.
Hyacinth


ETA: Check this out!
https://forum.purseblog.com/threads/help-trying-to-authenticate-this-coach-bag.576943/
and the authentication - this post and the next after it:
https://forum.purseblog.com/threads/authenticate-this-coach.535153/page-360#post-14903721
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BeenBurned said:
LOL! And see the further edits to my post above.
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Ah, yes. "A Walk Down Memory Lane", as Lawrence Welk would probably say. Or would have said if he'd made it to age 115. :graucho:


"And a-one, and a-two..."
 
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scottakstrauss08 said:
Thank you, I knew the zippers are right and they zip smoothly. The stitching looked very even and straight and the pattern was right.
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Believe it or not, a lot of those characteristics can also be found on what are called Triple-A Fakes. There's a lot more than just stitching and zippers (regardless of the still-rampant BS about YKK zippers and authenticity) that needs to be looked at. A counterfeits factory where they're willing to spend a bit more money on materials and experienced seamstresses or leather workers can turn out some pretty accurate fakes.
 
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