Authenticate This COACH - **see first post for format**

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#6,256
Raven3766 said:
Could you help me authenticate this wallet? TIA
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Hyacinth said:
I'm getting all kinds of bad feelings about that one. Not just because the top flap seems like it's upside down, but because I don't ever remember seeing a wallet with a buckle on the front without any grommets on the strap holes. Can I ask where you got the wallet?

Wait for more opinions since my memeory isn't even close to perfect nowadays, and I'll keep looking through my files.

ETA - CORRECTION. Good thing I checked, and I should always remember that Coach breaks their own rules. That line (Sohos from around 2008-2009), a few Legacy Leather wallets, and a few Bleeker line and Garcia leather wallets mostly with style numbers between 41500 and 42100 all from around that time are the only ones in my files (not including any recent styles though) that didn't use grommets on their buckled straps. The Sohos might still be the only small line where the strap and buckle were "upside down" though.

Style number 42046, Soho Leather Checkbook Wallet:
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Raven3766 said:
I found while thrifting. It cost close to nothing. I know what you mean about the grommets.
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Aha! Hyacinth edited her post while I was searching for the wallet. It looks fine to me.
 
#6,262
whateve said:
I just googled it. The metal part is called a prong if it doesn't move and a tongue if it is movable. Three different sources called the holes either holes, notches, or eyelets. There wasn't a head-on picture of the holes on the fake so it is hard to tell, but they look smaller. The hole on the authentic one shown in BBs post looks a little larger than it really is because of the angle and because part of the prong is the same color as the hole. You can see the rounded edges of it. I think the fake holes looked more square. I bet if you saw the fake IRL it would be easier to spot it as being fake.

By the way, they removed the listing.
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Cool and thanks for the info!
 
#6,264
Good morning. I have a couple here that I would love to get if authentic.
Item name: Vtg Coach USA #308-9875 chocolate glove leather Classic City bag crossbody purse

Link: http://www.ebay.com/itm/121648678272?_trksid=p2055119.m1438.l2649&ssPageName=STRK:MEBIDX:IT
Item number:121648678272
Seller: atomicsplendor
Comments:I am not sure when Coach bags began being manufactured in China as this one looks great.

Item name:Authentic COACH Cranberry Red Leather City Bag
Link:http://www.ebay.com/itm/111673642276?_trksid=p2055119.m1438.l2649&ssPageName=STRK:MEBIDX:IT
Item number: 111673642276
seller name:shopperzx4
Comments: I see a bullet from outlet. Were the classics produced multiple times?
 
#6,267
farris2 said:
Good morning. I have a couple here that I would love to get if authentic.
Item name: Vtg Coach USA #308-9875 chocolate glove leather Classic City bag crossbody purse

Link: http://www.ebay.com/itm/121648678272?_trksid=p2055119.m1438.l2649&ssPageName=STRK:MEBIDX:IT
Item number:121648678272
Seller: atomicsplendor
Comments:I am not sure when Coach bags began being manufactured in China as this one looks great.

Item name:Authentic COACH Cranberry Red Leather City Bag
Link:http://www.ebay.com/itm/111673642276?_trksid=p2055119.m1438.l2649&ssPageName=STRK:MEBIDX:IT
Item number: 111673642276
seller name:shopperzx4
Comments: I see a bullet from outlet. Were the classics produced multiple times?
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I don't even have to look at the first one, the serial number is in the Fake Coach Numbers List:
posts 1077-1081
http://forum.purseblog.com/coach-sh...enticity-questions-94198-72.html#post26447774
(Always keep that list close by)
It also has a fake Bean Bag creed, the serial font is much too thick, the outer base of the City Bags should ALWAYS have a vertical seam in the center, the strap is completely wrong and should NEVER have rivets at the ends, and the measurements are just a bit small for a City Bag.

BE VERY CAUTIOUS WHEN DEALING WITH SELLER " atomicsplendor "

The second one is genuine. Some classic and vintage styles have been discontinued and then reintroduced multiple times over the years, while others like the City Bag, Willis, Court Bag and other popular styles introduced more than 20 years ago have never actually been OUT of production, at least not for any great length of time.
 
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#6,269
Hyacinth said:
I don't even have to look at the first one, the serial number is in the Fake Coach Numbers List:
posts 1077-1081
http://forum.purseblog.com/coach-sh...enticity-questions-94198-72.html#post26447774
(Always keep that list close by)
It also has a fake Bean Bag creed, the serial font is much too thick, the outer base of the City Bags should ALWAYS have a vertical seam in the center, the strap is completely wrong and should NEVER have rivets at the ends, and the measurements are just a bit small for a City Bag.

BE VERY CAUTIOUS WHEN DEALING WITH SELLER " atomicsplendor "

The second one is genuine. Some classic and vintage styles have been discontinued and then reintroduced multiple times over the years, while others like the City Bag, Willis, Court Bag and other popular styles introduced more than 20 years ago have never actually been OUT of production, at least not for any great length of time.
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Thank you so much!
 
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