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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#54,211
Suzy.q16 said:
Wow, thank you. I am glad I asked. And thank you for the detailed response. I'm learning more about vintage Coach everyday.
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That entire thread that includes both the Coach Salearea Guides and the Daria48 Fake Coach Numbers List, plus updated information on recent fakes, is the best place to start. Unlike 98 percent of the so-called "authenticity guides" on the internet, these 2 are not only accurate, but we also try to keep them current. There's a TON of good information there, although it's crammed into a small space especially in the Salearea Guides and can be confusing until you've read it at least 3 or 4 times. The information on Creeds, Serial Numbers, and the MISinformation found in almost every other "guide" is especially useful to anyone who buys or sells vintage Coach bags. I can personally vouch for its accuracy, since I researched, wrote and have updated the Guides beginning almost 10 years ago.

Information about fake serial numbers that has come to our attention more recently can usually be found in the "Answers to Authenticity Questions" thread that's also Pinned or Stickied to the top of each Coach Shopping forum's Index page, or at the end of the Salearea Guides thread.

Coach Shopping

Sub-Forum for Coach shopping-related threads, incl. Authenticate This Coach!
forum.purseblog.com forum.purseblog.com

That "Sticky" section of the Index has some of the most valuable Coach information on the internet, once someone finds it and learns how to use it.
 
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Hyacinth said:
It's FAKE.

I can read most of the serial number with no problem since it's been on the Daria48 Fake Coach Numbers list for at least 8 or 10 years - 0444-315 or -316 with a bunch of fake "overstamping" lines above and below every number. But I guess at least 35 other Posh members including a "Posh Ambassador" never bothered to look up the list, which is sad. And no one apparently bothered to actually look closely at the creed - look at the word that's SUPPOSED to be "scrAtches" and tell me what you see.

Or they could have just Googled the numbers:

Google Search

www.google.com

Both numbers are mentioned in many of the links above, as well as photos of many completely different styles, all with EXACTLY the same serial numbers, which is a HUGE red flag. And some poor soul will end up wasting their hard-earned money on that fake because not only does Poshmark not make any real effort to find and remove fakes, but when someone is unfortunate enough to buy one, it's very hard to even get your money back.

ALWAYS have any Coach items at Posh authenticated BEFORE you buy.


ETA - from the first part of the Daria48 Fake Numbers List, posted right here at tPF in the same thread as the Salearea Coach Guides:

SaleArea guides

@Hyacinth I was just reading your excellent Italian coach guide above and I have a question. I am currently rehabbing a Gramercy Top Handle 7002 bag from 1999 (that you graciously authenticated for me) see below for one of the auction pictures. I am trying to figure out the color name for this...
forum.purseblog.com forum.purseblog.com

Under "Always Fake"
" 0444-317, 0444-316 AND 0444-315 and possibly others beginning with 0444 - some "classic" fakes are showing up with these numbers and have a number of mistakes in the creed stamps and on the bags themselves. Assume they're all fake. "
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Hello Hyacinth,

are there genuine City bags with two seams on bottom? Thanks!
 
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Hello, I was excited to find this casino bag at goodwill and the price was too good to pass up. Crossing my fingers that it is authentic.

item: coach casino bag # 9924
Purchased: local goodwill
Measurements: 8”x5.5”x2” about
Comments: it looked good to me but I have been wrong before. Let me know if you need more different views and Thank417B692B-D3BA-4A75-A4AE-8830BCA68F4C.jpeg2C7631FC-68F5-4AC6-8B05-4B6E820D9CE1.jpegF0837040-431F-42BA-BD94-DBFBECC34413.jpegB0825EC9-CA65-4302-B4F0-59B2C5A82D33.jpeg465BFADF-056D-4987-95B5-6DF2BD70C3F3.jpeg52B6B8B6-1119-40D1-AAB2-2F29D6B3A269.jpeg63DE87F6-2E16-47B6-BE02-AF00E2772BDC.jpeg you for your time!
 
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#54,220
Crystalcoach said:
Good morning, all! Requesting authentication for this bag, please:
Item: Red Ergo Pocket Zip
Seller and site where listed: Robin Asher, Mercari
Link: https://merc.li/XeEEKRppb
Comments: I have a black Ergo flap made 2 years prior to this in the same J factory, and the font is different on the serial number. So just wondering...

Thanks in advance!
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This bag is fake.

And if you have another with a similar creed, you should have it checked. You refer to the "same J factory" but this bag (even if authentic) wasn't made in the J plant.
 
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Monstera25 said:
Would you please authenticate. I had purchased the British tan off of mercari and the red was purchased off of Facebook market place. Thank you!

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Both are authentic.

Please remember to include links and seller IDs. (Sometimes facebook links aren't viewable but the user ID should be available. Mercari links should show as does seller ID.)
 
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Catbag411 said:
Hello, I was excited to find this casino bag at goodwill and the price was too good to pass up. Crossing my fingers that it is authentic.

item: coach casino bag # 9924
Purchased: local goodwill
Measurements: 8”x5.5”x2” about
Comments: it looked good to me but I have been wrong before. Let me know if you need more different views and ThankView attachment 4873030View attachment 4873031View attachment 4873032View attachment 4873033View attachment 4873034View attachment 4873035View attachment 4873036 you for your time!
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It's fine.
 
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