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.

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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.
  • 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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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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kithrobyn said:
I'll keep an eye out and if I find a good example, I'll post it. I've been googling and Entrupy says they have a 98. something accuracy rating. I read that to mean 1 to 2 out of every 100 they authenticate is wrong.
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I know something about statistics, and when someone claims 98% accuracy, it might mean something very different in practice. If the fakes are rare enough, you can easily end up with a situation where something determined fake has 50% chance of being real, and vice versa. A technical point, really, but be very careful with accuracy claims.
 
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Minchanka said:
I know something about statistics, and when someone claims 98% accuracy, it might mean something very different in practice. If the fakes are rare enough, you can easily end up with a situation where something determined fake has 50% chance of being real, and vice versa. A technical point, really, but be very careful with accuracy claims.
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np, I was being facetious. Guess I should have added a lol.
 
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Lake Effect said:
I would really like for this bag to be authentic. But after doing a search here for an authentic D9C Creed I am not feeling it for the font. Crap. These camel Bleekers are my weakness.
Seller - nanushe54
https://www.ebay.com/itm/COACH-TAN-...358244?hash=item3b2afdfa64:g:lWIAAOSwHNtcY2kZ
At your convenience, thanks in advance.
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Please be very cautious with C plant serials from around 1998-2000, we've seen a LOT of small variations specifically during this time period. When a plant was at or near the end of its life cycle, like the C plant in 1999 or the Costa Rica plant in 2004, Coach apparently decided to end any increased expenses to keep the plant's hardware such as creed and serial number stamps (and probably a lot of other things judging by my experiences with other companies with plants near permanent shutdown) up to date. Plants about to be closed sometimes had to get by with using bits and pieces from hardware from other recently closed plants. So far there may be as many as half a dozen small variations in serial stamps from bags that seem to be completely genuine, so always post here first before thinking they might be fake.
 
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Hyacinth said:
I'm not seeing any problems. More opinions are always welcome.
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Thank you Hyacinth.
I had the bag for quite some time. I strongly believe that it is a genuine bag:
-zipper is smooth
-materials are of good quality
-stitchings are neat, tidy
-excellent mirror-like/symmetrical logo placements
-neat seams
-good lining
-real leather trimmings
Please correct me if I’m wrong, I think it belongs to Coach legacy signature swingpack collection.
Then, I gifted it to a sweet lady friend. The problem was her co-worker rudely told her that the bag was fake simply because it has no creed or style number.
I read your “The Creed Stamp Rules” here in tPF. I just wanted to reassure my friend that the bag I gave her is genuine and so I posted it here. I also have 2 other bags that don’t have creed and style numbers but I will post the pictures later.
Thank you very much.
 
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rissaarenee said:
Hi, I'm new to Coach bags. Can anyone tell me if this vintage Coach bag is authentic? I'm looking to buy it from someone. It's supposedly from the 1980s, but has no serial number on the creed?View attachment 4348028 View attachment 4348031
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rissaarenee said:
Hi, I'm new to Coach bags. Can anyone tell me if this vintage Coach bag is authentic? I'm looking to buy it from someone. It's supposedly from the 1980s, but has no serial number on the creed?View attachment 4348028 View attachment 4348031
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Oh and it's described as a 11"w x 6"h "Barrel shape mini" in mahogany if that's relevant! Thank you!
 
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Ruapehu8 said:
Thank you Hyacinth.
I had the bag for quite some time. I strongly believe that it is a genuine bag:
-zipper is smooth
-materials are of good quality
-stitchings are neat, tidy
-excellent mirror-like/symmetrical logo placements
-neat seams
-good lining
-real leather trimmings
Please correct me if I’m wrong, I think it belongs to Coach legacy signature swingpack collection.
Then, I gifted it to a sweet lady friend. The problem was her co-worker rudely told her that the bag was fake simply because it has no creed or style number.
I read your “The Creed Stamp Rules” here in tPF. I just wanted to reassure my friend that the bag I gave her is genuine and so I posted it here. I also have 2 other bags that don’t have creed and style numbers but I will post the pictures later.
Thank you very much.
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I can't help with a style name, sorry. The smaller bags like Swingpacks have never worked for me personally so there are very few photos or snatches of info about them in my files. But I agree with you that the details look accurate. One other mistake it does NOT have that's often found in older fake Swingpacks is the Coach name being woven into the fabric of the strap, which was usually thinner on the fakes (more like a woven nylon fabric than the thick woven cotton or whatever is usually used on the genuine ones). And you friend is very much mistaken about it not being genuine because it doesn't have a creed patch, but you already knew that.
 
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