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.

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:
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  • FOR ITEMS NOT LISTED ONLINE:
    Item:
    Where purchased or how obtained
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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.
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#4,355
whateve said:
Sorry, it's fake. Coach never made bags in Korea and the number is the wrong format.
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Thank you so much. I appreciate your help. I should have known better. I actually own a WAKO bag. Not the Coach "Wako" fake, but an actual Wako bag. I remember purchasing the handbag and doing research and finding out about the fakes. Shame on me...lol:shame:
 
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#4,360
Hyacinth said:
That creed statement is actually the same one we've seen in other bags in that style which we feel are genuine. The problem with yours is the serial number. Not only is the serial font wrong for that plant and date, but that style Sonoma Large Hobo wasn't officially introduced until the Holiday 1997 catalog, which is a year after the date code in the serial number (it may have actually been released a few months earlier, but probably not a whole year before). In fact the others in my files both show date codes for November 1997, not September 1996.

Below is a J6D- serial prefix from a genuine bag, notice the differences in the shapes of the numbers, the underline under the "o" in "No", the shape of the N, etc. The entire creed is also crooked. The condition of the strap isn't good either. Neither your pics nor the seller's shows the brass Coach zipper pull on the top zip clearly but it looks a bit "off" too.
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Hello Everyone
My very first Ebay Coach bag purchase came from this same seller -it turned out to be a fake (long story, see part of thread above).

Could someone please check this bag to see if it's a fake?
I asked the seller for a pic of the creed and didn't hear back.

Item: Authentic Coach 19918 Legacy Signature Stripe Duffle/Shoulder Bag No Tassel

Listing #: 261800689840
Seller: myjerri
Link: http://www.ebay.com/itm/261800689840

Thank you so much!
 
#4,363
Sem1charmed said:
No signature 'c'???T

Tan Beige Coach Purse Tote Handbag Shoulder Satchel Bag k0971-14523

181708508403

bmotivated9

http://m.ebay.com/itm/181708508403

I think I already know the answer...
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Lack of signature C lining doesn't necessarily mean a bag is fake. All of the F14523 Peyton totes sold on eBay in the past 3 months have polka dot lining.

Eta: Now that I think about it, none of my lined bags have signature C lining. Interesting.
 
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#4,364
Winnie104 said:
Please authenticate. Many thanks in advance.

Vintage Coach Willis Bag 9927
Item: 131477911407
Seller: oneloveswoosh

http://www.ebay.com/itm/131477911407?_trksid=p2055119.m1438.l2649&ssPageName=STRK:MEBIDX:IT

Double No's stamping on creed? Hard to see creed. Has two similar Willis listed
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The Willis you're asking about is NOT genuine. The other with the serial number beginning with C4B- probably IS genuine.

This one has a serial number that looks like N9E-9927 and the creed says it was made in the US. There are not one but TWO invalid codes in the serial number, for the month and the plant.
 
#4,365
Sonoma said:
Hello Everyone
My very first Ebay Coach bag purchase came from this same seller -it turned out to be a fake (long story, see part of thread above).

Could someone please check this bag to see if it's a fake?
I asked the seller for a pic of the creed and didn't hear back.

Item: Authentic Coach 19918 Legacy Signature Stripe Duffle/Shoulder Bag No Tassel

Listing #: 261800689840
Seller: myjerri
Link: http://www.ebay.com/itm/261800689840

Thank you so much!
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There;s no way to positively authenticate a bag without a creed photo, sorry. But if the seller isn't co-operating with you now when you're a potential buyer, why would she co-operate after the sale if you find out that she's sold you another fake? Did you ever get your money back for the first fake she sold you?
 
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