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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#59,221
Metgirl25 said:
Hello,

I recently purchased a Coach Court bag on ThredUp, and am not sure it's authentic. I think it's from the reissue line in the 2010's (and not vintage) but the "made in China" tab has me thrown. Appreciate your feedback, and can provide additional photos if that would be helpful.

Thank you!
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The bag looks fine but it's not vintage. It was made in 2014 (if I'm reading the serial number correctly.)
 
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#59,223
Birdie13 said:
Good afternoon authenticators, could you please have a look at this bag? That’s the best picture I could get of the creed. The number is so faint.
Thank you in advance.
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Birdie13 said:
I think the prefix is A8U
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That's what I'm seeing too.

It's an authentic Willis made in 1998.
 
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#59,228
JuneCleaverSemperFi said:
Thank you. Now when the numbers are 0000-000, that means its an earlier model from the 80's just to confirm?
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Serial numbers and how they're formatted are covered in the Salearea Guides.

An ALL-NUMBER 4+3 format in a genuine bag means it was made no earlier than 1990. If it's a letter and number combination, it's from 1994 or newer. If you're asking about the Willis with the all-number 4+3 format in your post number 59,218, it was made between 1990 and 1993.
 
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#59,231
Hello, would you please authenticate the below?

Item: Casino
Listing number: m25149158691
Seller and site where listed: Charlene Andrews, Mercari
Link: https://www.mercari.com/us/item/m25149158691/?ref=search_results

Item: Casino
Listing number: 114604522102
Seller and site where listed: mekhead, eBay
Link: https://www.ebay.com/itm/114604522102#shpCntId

Item: Casino
Listing number: m15399088854
Seller and site where listed: H Travis, Mercari
Link: https://www.mercari.com/us/item/m15399088854/?ref=search_results

Many thanks xx
 
#59,233
americandreaming said:
Hello, would you please authenticate the below?

Item: Casino
Listing number: m25149158691
Seller and site where listed: Charlene Andrews, Mercari
Link: https://www.mercari.com/us/item/m25149158691/?ref=search_results

Item: Casino
Listing number: 114604522102
Seller and site where listed: mekhead, eBay
Link: https://www.ebay.com/itm/114604522102#shpCntId

Item: Casino
Listing number: m15399088854
Seller and site where listed: H Travis, Mercari
Link: https://www.mercari.com/us/item/m15399088854/?ref=search_results

Many thanks xx
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1- Genuine Casino Bag, Mercari, from 1997

2- the Ebay listing can't be authenticated until we know what's actually being sold and see the actual photo. The seller's title and description both give the serial number as L6D-9924. But the photo even though it's hard to read looks to me like J4D-9924. You need to ask the seller for clarification of the number and a clear, readable photo of the creed stamp and serial number of the actual bag in that listing.

That's the only bag in that style in the seller's Current or Completed listings, so she can't have mixed up the photos with a similar bag.

3- Genuine, from Mercari. Made in 1994
 
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#59,234
jrzsure said:
Hello authenticators. I'm still kicking myself for losing out on a green Vista bag on eBay last month. What do you think of this one? https://poshmark.com/listing/RARE-Vintage-Coach-Vista-Geometric-Crossbody-60354b14ac97020385f9ff5b
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Remember to include the seller's name in every request.

Seller designerdenim1

Fake!

ETA: Poshmark seller designerdenim1 who advertises as "Salvaging one pair of denim at a time" should stick to denim if that's what she knows.

Here's the creed picture from her listing, rotated for ease of reading.
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