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.
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Hyacinth said:
Please read Post number One in this thread. We need photos of the item or a working link to the listing as long as it includes photos of the critcal areas of the bag. Nothing can be authenticated from just a serial number although a number CAN prove that a bag is fake although we still need to see photos. If there's anything stamped on the buckle we need to see that too.

Just so you can prepare yourself, I have a known fake in my photo files with exactly the same serial number. AND another with the same number that's not even a style 4156.
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Hyacinth said:
Please read Post number One in this thread. We need photos of the item or a working link to the listing as long as it includes photos of the critcal areas of the bag. Nothing can be authenticated from just a serial number although a number CAN prove that a bag is fake although we still need to see photos. If there's anything stamped on the buckle we need to see that too.

Just so you can prepare yourself, I have a known fake in my photo files with exactly the same serial number. AND another with the same number that's not even a style 4156.
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That's why anyone who doesn't have their Coaches looked at by an expert is eventually going to make expensive mistakes. You can have your items authenticated here at tPF as long as you don't post any links back to your active listings, or you can ask at Ebay's Fashion Discussion board. Both services are free.
https://community.ebay.com/t5/Fashion/bd-p/fashion

Not only is the "soild brass" stamp wrong, but that serial number is wrong too. in that form and font it was never used by Coach and has only been found in fakes. Here's one of the examples I mentioned before. Click on the thumbnails to enlarge:

1998_H-plant-FAKE-Style H8H-4156-a.JPG 1998_H-plant-FAKE-Style-b-NOT-A-4156.JPG
 
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Hyacinth said:
That's why anyone who doesn't have their Coaches looked at by an expert is eventually going to make expensive mistakes. You can have your items authenticated here at tPF as long as you don't post any links back to your active listings, or you can ask at Ebay's Fashion Discussion board. Both services are free.

Not only is the "soild brass" stamp wrong, but that serial number is wrong too. in that form and font it was never used by Coach and has only been found in fakes. Here's one of the examples I mentioned before. Click on the thumbnails to enlarge:

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#37,357
patriciasroom said:
Hi All. I am certainly no expert, but I recently found what I thought to be was an authentic vintage Coach ... did some research and listed on ebay. I didn't overprice it and it sat there for about 3 weeks without any activity. Then I get the message it was counterfeit and my account was suspended for a week. The bag number is H8H-4156 ... black leather messenger bag with belt buckle ... buckle is brass. stitching is tight and there are no discernible irregularities. Why is this fake? Please tell me. Thank you.
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patriciasroom said:
I think I entered the pictures twice. Sorry about that. Thank you so much. I'm pretty sure if it weren't fake, then we wouldn't be having this conversation. I've sold plenty of genuine Coach bags in the past, but this one fooled me.
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patriciasroom said:
Okay. Thank you for your help. Live and learn. Have a great day.
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I have an additional suggestion. Whoever sold you that bag broke the law and you should cut the creed off, dispose of the hang tag (if there) and return it for a full refund. It doesn't matter whether they sold it as an admitted fake or whether they disclaim knowledge of authenticity. Since the sale of counterfeit goods is illegal, they should have verified authenticity and never sold it in the first place.

And your bag is another example of why bags having "correct" serial and style numbers for the style of bag does not mean they're authentic and why calling Coach and giving them the serial number to authenticate items is such nonsense.
 
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Roro said:
Good evening, authenticators. Thanks in advance for taking a look at this bag.

VTG COACH 9060 USA MADE Women Bag Shoulder Bucket Red Leather
Seller: rb.moore
Item: 123767946373
Link: https://www.ebay.com/itm/VTG-COACH-9060-USA-MADE-Women-Bag-Shoulder-Bucket-Red-Leather/123767946373

No rush. Enjoy your evenings and get to this when convenient.

ETA: Upon reflection, that serial number is wonky. I searched it here and think this is a fake, too.
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You're right. There is no year code. You can't have a prefix of all letters.
 
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