Authenticate This COACH - **see first post for format**

[Vlad]

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!

 

[Hyacinth]

Ok here are some more pics. IMO there mini tag isn't raised at all but I can be wrong. I took some close ups. It doesn't stick out from the surface as I see it. View attachment 4439473View attachment 4439474

That looks much better! It must have just been the angle.

Yep, the lighting really makes it look like one of those fake hangtags, but the font is exactly the same as mine, and if the surface is actually flat it should be OK.

CANCEL RED ALERT!

The next Year Of The Dragon is 2024, so they should go for a pretty good price if we wait to sell them until mid to late 2023.

WHATEVE, the stamped Coach logo on the back of the dragon is the same on mine - very faint, and straight across from the back to the front of the dragon's head.

 

[houseof999]

That looks much better! It must have just been the angle.

Thanks! It's hard to get a good High definition pic with the phone camera even with the HDR feature on.

 

[BeenBurned]

And for the record, I don't believe the "made in china" stamp is upside down. I've compared to several of mine:

 

[Hyacinth]

And for the record, I don't believe the "made in china" stamp is upside down. I've compared to several of mine:

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I agree, that was my mistake. Sorry!

 

[MrsGAM]

Item: Vintage Coach 9870 Brown Leather Crossbody (Winnie!)
Listing number: 68733196
Seller: Goodwill of Central & Southern Indiana
Link: https://www.shopgoodwill.com/Item/68733196
Comments: I'm skeptical of the serial number. Was T ever used for a US plant?

 

[BeenBurned]

Item: Vintage Coach 9870 Brown Leather Crossbody (Winnie!)
Listing number: 68733196
Seller: Goodwill of Central & Southern Indiana
Link: https://www.shopgoodwill.com/Item/68733196
Comments: I'm skeptical of the serial number. Was T ever used for a US plant?

The bag is fake. T isn't a valid plant and 9870 when on a genuine Coach is a Court bag.

ETA: I dislike Goodwill because in order to contact them, you must have an account with way more personal information than I care to provide to a site from which I have no intention purchasing.

But according to the listing, "Goodwill of Central & Southern Indiana states that this item has been posted in accordance with shopgoodwill.com's policy prohibiting the sale of counterfeit items. If you have any questions or concerns about the authenticity of this item please contact seller directly prior to bidding" so if anyone has an account, let them know they're violating their own policy (AND THE LAW)!

 

[sanatty]

Hi all, thanks in advance:

Item: vintage coach 5410 hard side briefcase in black
Listing number: 223510096752
Seller: hauteracks
Link: https://rover.ebay.com/rover/0/0/0?mpre=https://www.ebay.com/ulk/itm/223510096752
Comments

 

[MrsGAM]

The bag is fake. T isn't a valid plant and 9870 when on a genuine Coach is a Court bag.

ETA: I dislike Goodwill because in order to contact them, you must have an account with way more personal information than I care to provide to a site from which I have no intention purchasing.

But according to the listing, "Goodwill of Central & Southern Indiana states that this item has been posted in accordance with shopgoodwill.com's policy prohibiting the sale of counterfeit items. If you have any questions or concerns about the authenticity of this item please contact seller directly prior to bidding" so if anyone has an account, let them know they're violating their own policy (AND THE LAW)!

I figured it was fake but wanted to double check. I'll contact them!

 

[BeenBurned]

Hi all, thanks in advance:

Item: vintage coach 5410 hard side briefcase in black
Listing number: 223510096752
Seller: hauteracks
Link: https://rover.ebay.com/rover/0/0/0?mpre=https://www.ebay.com/ulk/itm/223510096752
Comments

I believe it's authentic. It's not quite vintage yet, made in 2000. (This is a case where they transposed the month and year codes in the serial prefix.)

ETA:
PLEASE WAIT FOR OTHER OPINIONS.

I just noticed another difference that may or may not be a cause for concern.

I compared the creeds in 2 different X plant, made in 2000 bag and while both seem to have the same mistake of a missing "e" in weather, the "COACH" logo at the top of the creed is lower on one bag than on the other.

 

[whateve]

Hi all, thanks in advance:

Item: vintage coach 5410 hard side briefcase in black
Listing number: 223510096752
Seller: hauteracks
Link: https://rover.ebay.com/rover/0/0/0?mpre=https://www.ebay.com/ulk/itm/223510096752
Comments

I believe it's authentic. It's not quite vintage yet, made in 2000. (This is a case where they transposed the month and year codes in the serial prefix.)

ETA:
PLEASE WAIT FOR OTHER OPINIONS.

I just noticed another difference that may or may not be a cause for concern.

I compared the creeds in 2 different X plant, made in 2000 bag and while both seem to have the same mistake of a missing "e" in weather, the "COACH" logo at the top of the creed is lower on one bag than on the other.
View attachment 4439577 View attachment 4439577

I think it is authentic.

 

[BeenBurned]

I think it is authentic.

Phew! I thought so too ...... until I overthought!

 

[Aku_no_Hana]

Hello!
Is this an authentic Copley?
https://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-CO...226651?hash=item56c51d69db:g:wNwAAOSwKa5c4zqv
Thank you!

 

[Hyacinth]

Hello!
Is this an authentic Copley?
https://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-CO...226651?hash=item56c51d69db:g:wNwAAOSwKa5c4zqv
Thank you!

Genuine, but I hope you noticed the extra and very sloppy hole a previous owner might have punched in the strap. There is a photo of it in the listing, but it's not mentioned in the verbal description.

And the seller has been mentioned here many many times, and too many times involving counterfeit Coaches. I can't recommend that seller, their latest fake was reported here just in the last week.

Here are the most recent comments, this is why the first post of this thread tells posters to Search these forums for previous mentions of the listing number and the seller.
https://forum.purseblog.com/threads...oach-fakes-here.824098/page-405#post-33102343

You may also want to read their Neutral and Negative Ebay Feedbacks.

 

[Hyacinth]

I believe it's authentic. It's not quite vintage yet, made in 2000. (This is a case where they transposed the month and year codes in the serial prefix.)

ETA:
PLEASE WAIT FOR OTHER OPINIONS.

I just noticed another difference that may or may not be a cause for concern.

I compared the creeds in 2 different X plant, made in 2000 bag and while both seem to have the same mistake of a missing "e" in weather, the "COACH" logo at the top of the creed is lower on one bag than on the other.
View attachment 4439577 View attachment 4439577

I think it is authentic.

It seems ok, that X plant code in 2000 apparently was another "floater".

 

[Aku_no_Hana]

Genuine, but I hope you noticed the extra and very sloppy hole a previous owner might have punched in the strap. There is a photo of it in the listing, but it's not mentioned in the verbal description.

And the seller has been mentioned here many many times, and too many times involving counterfeit Coaches. I can't recommend that seller, their latest fake was reported here just in the last week.

Here are the most recent comments, this is why the first post of this thread tells posters to Search these forums for previous mentions of the listing number and the seller.
https://forum.purseblog.com/threads...oach-fakes-here.824098/page-405#post-33102343

You may also want to read their Neutral and Negative Ebay Feedbacks.

Thank you! I will definitely not buy from them. I'm sorry, thank you for responding. I have read the forums but I forgot about searching the seller.
ETA: I'm new to collecting vintage Coach and I admit to getting over excited at seeing this bag and not following the proper protocol. I will not waste your time again.