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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#36,573
Dang, I have that same red Slim Flap Saddle bag. Is mine authentic? Width is 9.5", length is 9.75", base is .25", creed serial is No A2D-9135. Fingers crossed; I purchased this at a thrift store a few years back and thought I got a good deal. If it's fake they did a great job because it's a gorgeous bag. :/ Thank you in advance!

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#36,574
vickenator said:
Dang, I have that same red Slim Flap Saddle bag. Is mine authentic? Width is 9.5", length is 9.75", base is .25", creed serial is No A2D-9135. Fingers crossed; I purchased this at a thrift store a few years back and thought I got a good deal. If it's fake they did a great job because it's a gorgeous bag. :/ Thank you in advance!

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Yours is authentic.
 
#36,578
vickenator said:
whateve, you are lightning-quick and I really appreciate it. Also, you guys are wizards because I can't see the difference, but that's what makes you so good at what you do and the rest of us just sit back and marvel. Thanks again.
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The most important difference, and absolute proof that one is genuine and one isn't, is right in the photos in front of you. It just takes deep knowledge of Coach and their methods to understand what you're seeing. That's why we don't recommend non-experts to do their own authenticating, and why many authenticating businesses who call themselves experts really are NOT, because they'll look at two similar photos and not see what we're seeing.
 
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#36,581
vintage bee said:
Please authenticate this bag when you can, thanks!

Item: Coach Willis british tan #9927
Listing number: see below
Seller: magnoliavintageco
Link: https://www.etsy.com/listing/684830...-willis-bag-in-british?ref=shop_home_active_1
Comments: What does the small circle impression to the left of the Coach stamp mean? I've seen it on many bags, but not all. I think I saw an X stamped on one too. Thanks!
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It's fine. The target stamp means it was sold at an outlet.
 
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#36,584
caskadia said:
Item: Coach Willis Natural Leather 70th Anniversary Edition
Listing number: 123732999638
Seller: estop2018
Link: https://www.ebay.com/itm/Brand-New-With-Tags-Coach-Willis-Cross-Body-Natural-Leather/123732999638
Comments: I googled the serial E1269-19132, it looks like there are several other bags with the same number previously sold on Ebay and Poshmark. Not sure how that works, maybe this is an established fake number?
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Why would that make you think it was a fake number? Bags made after 1993 don't have unique serial numbers. The digits that make up the number have meaning. All bags the same style will share have the same style number (after the dash). The bag looks fine. It is not the 70th anniversary edition version - those have a creed that says so.
 
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