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!

 

[bankermtg]

Hello,

I found this bag at the Goodwill. I think that it was part of Coach's Soho collection but I am unsure of the name. According to the creed , I think that it was made on November, 2005. The plant is D and it states that it was made in China. Please authenticate this bag and give me the name of the bag if possible.

Thank you.

 

[Foreverbags]

Hi,
Yes I did struggle with the creed picture. I got it from email as an impulse purchase. When I tried to copy the link, it displayed all my personal information. Just not a very technically minded person.
Here is another one now my DH is home to help.
Thank you for helping. X

 

[Foreverbags]

Sorry, I meant ebay not email.

 

[akvt]

Why would you want to compare the fonts? The fake "Saddle Bag" from the earlier post is fake, period. The fonts used in that one have no connection to reality. I assume this is the one you mean?
https://forum.purseblog.com/threads...oach-fakes-here.824098/page-432#post-33408322

The one in THIS post #42547
https://forum.purseblog.com/threads...ost-for-format.889527/page-2837#post-33413942
a- is genuine
b- isn't a Saddle Bag, it's a Crescent Bag, style 9235. I'm not sure if that's the original hangtag.
and
c- the Made in NYC creed and lack of a serial number indicates it was made some time in the late 1970s to early 1980s. Even if the creed fonts were identical, which they're not, all it would prove is that the fakes makers were either very careful or very lucky. It's not that hard to copy or reproduce a font that would have been used in at least a few Coach bags some time during that 25-year vintage and classic period.

(BTW, the creed stamp font used in the fake from the earlier post is noticeably rounder, compare the "o"s, the "c"s and the "g"s to the same letters in your friend's vintage Crescent Bag.)

Having an identical font to another bag doesn't prove anything. After all, there are a limited number of fonts that were used in classic and vintage Coaches. What's important is having exactly the font and creed and serial number details that a bag is supposed to have for the month, year and plant indicated in the serial number, or in this case, the years when a bag with those particular production details would have been made. Having the "correct" font proves nothing. Having the WRONG font proves everything.

Thank you for the detailed response. I was slightly alarmed by the similarity and I was afraid I had a fake bag. whew. thank you

 

[whateve]

Hi,
Yes I did struggle with the creed picture. I got it from email as an impulse purchase. When I tried to copy the link, it displayed all my personal information. Just not a very technically minded person.
Here is another one now my DH is home to help.
Thank you for helping. X

The link for the listing shouldn't show your personal information. Even if you copied the wrong thing, a person would have to be able to log into your ebay account to see your personal information.
It looks fine.

 

[Foreverbags]

The link for the listing shouldn't show your personal information. Even if you copied the wrong thing, a person would have to be able to log into your ebay account to see your personal information.
It looks fine.

Thank you. Your advice is greatly appreciated. X

 

[Jacynthe]

Fake. Don't trust this seller.

Thank you whateve! That's a lot of money to dish out for a fake!

 

[C.L.oud9 Consignment]

Hi there lovers of purses and accessories alike! sure if this is the correct way to post this question of authenticity but I do understand the need for the format

Item: a white coach purse
Listing number: not sure what number this would be
Seller: received as gift but the serial number on the tag is:B1580 F34607
Link: no link as I personally have the bag
Comments: I am just curious to know if this bag is authentic. I will post the photos I just took. Thank you in advance to any and all help

 

[BeenBurned]

Hello,

I found this bag at the Goodwill. I think that it was part of Coach's Soho collection but I am unsure of the name. According to the creed , I think that it was made on November, 2005. The plant is D and it states that it was made in China. Please authenticate this bag and give me the name of the bag if possible.

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It’s authentic. It might be called leather soho flap demi.

 

[bankermtg]

It’s authentic. It might be called leather soho flap demi.

Thank you.

 

[Hyacinth]

Hello,

I found this bag at the Goodwill. I think that it was part of Coach's Soho collection but I am unsure of the name. According to the creed , I think that it was made on November, 2005. The plant is D and it states that it was made in China. Please authenticate this bag and give me the name of the bag if possible.

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It's genuine, and part of the Soho line, as are most genuine Coaches with that rounded horseshoe shaped buckle. The style was called a Soho Leather Small Flap and it was made in 2005. The style numbers for that year were unusual in that most of them were number AND letter combinations in a NLNN- format, like the 8A05 style number in this bag. That's also mentioned in the Salearea Guides.

The D plant code was used only for US-made bags until 2003 (actual plant location is still unknown), but by September 2003 the D code had been switched to China after the US plant that had used that code for almost 10 years was permanently closed. It was used for a China plant until 2005 when it disappears permanently unless a straggler from 2006 shows up. But that's unlikely, Coach changed the plant code format in mid-2006 from a single digit number or letter to a 2-number code.

 

[bankermtg]

It's genuine, and part of the Soho line, as are most genuine Coaches with that rounded horseshoe shaped buckle. The style was called a Soho Leather Small Flap and it was made in 2005. The style numbers for that year were unusual in that most of them were number AND letter combinations in a NLNN- format, like the 8A05 style number in this bag. That's also mentioned in the Salearea Guides.

The D plant code was used only for US-made bags until 2003 (actual plant location is still unknown), but by September 2003 the D code had been switched to China after the US plant that had used that code for almost 10 years was permanently closed. It was used for a China plant until 2005 when it disappears permanently unless a straggler from 2006 shows up. But that's unlikely, Coach changed the plant code format in mid-2006 from a single digit number or letter to a 2-number code.

Hyacinth,

Thank you so much for the detailed response. The D plant code threw me off as I always associate it with bags made in the US. I appreciate your knowledge. I love this style for everyday wear and have two more.

 

[Narnanz]

It's authentic. That creed is so light it could disappear completely with a bath.

Thank you again. Missed out on this one, but thank you for the advice about the creed. I will keep looking.

 

[Hyacinth]

It's genuine, and part of the Soho line, as are most genuine Coaches with that rounded horseshoe shaped buckle. The style was called a Soho Leather Small Flap and it was made in 2005. The style numbers for that year were unusual in that most of them were number AND letter combinations in a NLNN- format, like the 8A05 style number in this bag. That's also mentioned in the Salearea Guides.

The D plant code was used only for US-made bags until 2003 (actual plant location is still unknown), but by September 2003 the D code had been switched to China after the US plant that had used that code for almost 10 years was permanently closed. It was used for a China plant until 2005 when it disappears permanently unless a straggler from 2006 shows up. But that's unlikely, Coach changed the plant code format in mid-2006 from a single digit number or letter to a 2-number code.

Hyacinth,

Thank you so much for the detailed response. The D plant code threw me off as I always associate it with bags made in the US. I appreciate your knowledge. I love this style for everyday wear and have two more.

That's why I went into so much detail. The D plant code with a China creed and the letter and number combo for the style number are both unusual details that were only found for a short time and can be confusing because they were different from what was expected from Coach at the time. If you're ever concerned about a detail that seems to go against Coach's usual system, don't hesitate to ask. But always keep in mind, Coach makes their own "rules" and then breaks them almost immediately. As we like to remind everyone, "the only consistent thing about Coach is their inconsistency".

 

[BeenBurned]

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Item: a white coach purse
Listing number: not sure what number this would be
Seller: received as gift but the serial number on the tag is:B1580 F34607
Link: no link as I personally have the bag
Comments: I am just curious to know if this bag is authentic. I will post the photos I just took. Thank you in advance to any and all help

Welcome. There's another picture we need to see. Somewhere inside the bag, possibly buried into a seam in the pocket, you'll have to feel around for a small white tag with two rows of numbers and letters. It might be necessary to turn the pocket inside out to get a picture of it.