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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#45,586
Syren said:
Hello! Can this be authenticated? I can’t seem to find a periwinkle color from 1994 and I know that the L plant was a US plant but it seems like 95 or 96 would be more likely? Thanks!

Item: Lula’s legacy
Link: https://www.mercari.com/us/item/m84386109653/?iv_code=BUCGNW&object_id=m84386109653&object_type=item

Seller: Sheila

Someone made an offer on it already.
Edit: someone bought it right after I posted lol how nice.
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It's NOT genuine. The serial number font is wrong. And I don't believe Periwinkle was an available color for the Classic styles, at least not in 1994.

ETA - the badly stamped and almost unreadable creed is also a problem and the creed is stamped a bit too low on the pocket. That's not proof on its own but it's still a red flag.

Consider yourself lucky that someone beat you to it, now it's their problem and not yours.
 
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#45,587
RadhaDB said:
Hi ladies. I bought the bag in question, but I did so before I saw the authentication post. I cruise Mercari and Ebay on Sunday mornings because that's the day I wake up with my four year old. I did come look to see if anyone was asking about it after I bought it, but I've been wanting a non brown/black bag and decided to take the risk of not having authenticated because that was a good price and things go fast on Mercari. I'm sorry to cause upset.
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In case you missed it, the bag is fake.
 
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RadhaDB said:
Hi ladies. I bought the bag in question, but I did so before I saw the authentication post. I cruise Mercari and Ebay on Sunday mornings because that's the day I wake up with my four year old. I did come look to see if anyone was asking about it after I bought it, but I've been wanting a non brown/black bag and decided to take the risk of not having authenticated because that was a good price and things go fast on Mercari. I'm sorry to cause upset.
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It's fake Cancel the sale.
 
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#45,589
Hi! I went thrifting today and found 2 bags however my phone was dead so I risked it and am asking for authentication from home. Crossing my fingers...
Here’s the first if the 2.
Item: Gracie?
Seller: Valley Thrift Store
 

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#45,590
Hyacinth said:
It's NOT genuine. The serial number font is wrong. And I don't believe Periwinkle was an available color for the Classic styles, at least not in 1994.

ETA - the badly stamped and almost unreadable creed is also a problem and the creed is stamped a bit too low on the pocket. That's not proof on its own but it's still a red flag.

Consider yourself lucky that someone beat you to it, now it's their problem and not yours.
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Thank you. I had a feeling, things were just not adding up.

But seeing that color gets me excited every time haha
 
#45,593
vickenator said:
A genuine (greenish) Casino bag at a Goodwill for $1.50? Gurl, I have to come to your area. That is crazy.
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I love my Goodwill. It's literally the best and smallest I've been too. Lol
Fun fact: I argued with the lady because she was going to charge me $3.99 because it was a real coach. That's fine, but her argument was, "see, it has the inside stamp and everything. It has to be real." Girl. Lol I told her that doesn't matter and that there are so many fakes out there. Ended up convincing her to charge $1.49 instead. Lol it wouldn't have mattered one way or the other honestly, it all goes to charity either way. But I wanted her to be aware that just because it has a Creed doesn't matter.
 
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Hyacinth said:
Please don't believe ANY of those "rules" you find online!

Patterns sometimes overlap or don't line up, that's normal.

"I've heard that authentic coach purses have the "o" and the underline in "No" just halfway down the N but then again these are just things I read online *shrugs*
Totally wrong! There are no common rules, every plant's stamps are different and Coach changes details constantly. Don't ever believe any of that nonsense.
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Ah, I see. Thank you so much for clarifying. I was losing my marbles over these online authentication rules.
 
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