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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katev said:
Item: West End Mini Hobo 9470 (Dark Red, Released in 2000 for $228)
Seller: Salvation Army Store, $6

Comments: Please give an opinion about authenticity and if possible confirm that 9470 is the West End Haircalf Mini Hobo? If found what I think is the correct bag on the Wayback Machine but I was unable to open the listing to check the style number or dimensions. I did discover that the Medium HC West End hobo came in Dark Red and this appears to be the same color. My bag looks like the mini hobo, but I know that Coach made a lot of bags in the West End line. Thanks in advance!

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It's fine.

The image on the Wayback is the same stock image I have for 9470:
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#43,645
Jacynthe said:
Hello BeenBurned, Thank you for these photos of creeds! Are you able to let me know how the upside down Gs happened?
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People make mistakes. People do stupid things. People come to work drunk or stoned or otherwise incapacitated. People get PO'd at their bosses and indulge in small cases of industrial sabotage. Take your pick. The possibilities are endless.

I hope you don't think we have crystal balls or access to time travel that allows us to go back and watch things like that as they happen so we can figure out WHY it happened. I'm still trying to figure out the 2016 election.. :biggrin:

Shyte happens. People are stupid. Period.
 
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Hi Everyone, I'm new to this site - this is my first post but I have read the first message in this thread. Hopefully I have included all the information for you to assist me in authenticating the bag. I think it's a Ramblers Legacy, made in March 1992 (based on some sites I have read). The reason I'm asking about it's authenticity is because in my research online, I haven't seen a creed with the double circle stamped above the creed on the upper right. In addition, the creed stamping doesn't appear very 'deep' - is it common for this to happen - they they appear to be rubbed away? Please see pictures. Many thanks in advance.CoachVintage1_creed.jpg

Item Name (if you know it): Ramblers Legacy?
Link (if available): N/A
Size: unknown - seller didn't provide measurementsCoachVintage1.jpg
 
#43,647
Jacynthe said:
Dear authenticators! Request to authenticate please. Thank you!
Item: Side pack?
Seller: thrift store
Link: n/a
Comments; dimensions are about 7.5" height, 6" width, 2" depth. I had a hugely difficult time trying to get a good photo of the creed. Included here are the best 2 that I could get. I hope they are enough to authenticate. The number is B8I-9978.
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It's a genuine Small Sidepack
 
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Mei01 said:
Hi Everyone, I'm new to this site - this is my first post but I have read the first message in this thread. Hopefully I have included all the information for you to assist me in authenticating the bag. I think it's a Ramblers Legacy, made in March 1992 (based on some sites I have read). The reason I'm asking about it's authenticity is because in my research online, I haven't seen a creed with the double circle stamped above the creed on the upper right. In addition, the creed stamping doesn't appear very 'deep' - is it common for this to happen - they they appear to be rubbed away? Please see pictures. Many thanks in advance.View attachment 4605364

Item Name (if you know it): Ramblers Legacy?
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Stamping depths can vary, there's no such thing as "standard depth". And creeds can get worn away from regular use.

I'm really surprised you haven't seen the bullseye mark before, it was stamped on items sent to the outlet from the full price stores and also in bags and other items specially made for the outlets. But it HAS been faked and we've found that stamp in fake bags as well as genuine ones. It can never prove something's genuine.

Yours is a genuine Rambler's Legacy BUT from 2002, not 1992.

I don't know what sites you're getting your information on dates and serial numbers from, but 90 percent of them are probably wrong. THIS one is accurate, please read all of the six Salearea Guides especially the ones on Authenticity Guides, creeds, serial numbers, and the YKK Zipper myth.
https://forum.purseblog.com/threads/salearea-guides.983575/
 
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Hyacinth said:
People make mistakes. People do stupid things. People come to work drunk or stoned or otherwise incapacitated. People get PO'd at their bosses and indulge in small cases of industrial sabotage. Take your pick. The possibilities are endless.

I hope you don't think we have crystal balls or access to time travel that allows us to go back and watch things like that as they happen so we can figure out WHY it happened. I'm still trying to figure out the 2016 election.. :biggrin:

Shyte happens. People are stupid. Period.
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Thank you so much Hyacinth for this post!
 
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