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

[Vlad]

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!

 

[whateve]

I inherited this coach purse, is it real?

I'm sorry, it's fake.

 

[Kell1239]

I'm sorry, it's fake.

Thank you for letting me know, but I am just curious because I don't know purses. What makes it fake? It look real.

 

[Hyacinth]

Thank you for letting me know, but I am just curious because I don't know purses. What makes it fake? It look real.

Not to someone who's familiar with Coach.

There are what we call "elephant-skin" stretch marks on several panels of the leather, in places where the leather shouldn't have been stretched. Those are signs of overprocessing, fakes makers apparently over-stretch the leather to make it softer and more flexible like a genuine Coach bag's more expensive leather, but doing that damages the leather permanently and leaves those parallel stretch marks. And the serial number is a known fake that belongs ONLY to a completely different style.

Please don't sell or donate the bag. Fakes should either be repurposed, used until they fall apart, or destroyed. Selling or donating them just keeps them in circulation and makes it very likely that someone along the way will lose their hard-earned money by buying what they believed was a genuine Coach from a private seller or a thrift store or non-profit.

Telling a real Coach from a fake often depends on details like incorrect fonts used in the creed stamp or serial number, date codes that don't match when the bag was actually made, style numbers that don't match the style, and many other details that can't be spotted just by looking at the bag. Coaches should always be authenticated here before buying or selling, especially pre-owned Coaches. Many people think that older Coaches weren't counterfeited, but that's not true at all.

 

[Hyacinth]

Hi Authenticators,
I'm out shopping and I was hoping you can check this bag for me. Thanks!
10x7x5
Coach 9566?

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I believe it was called a Legacy Sling Hobo.

 

[AuntieA]

I believe it was called a Legacy Sling Hobo.

Ahh. Nice to know! Thanks Hyacinth. I appreciate this. I hope you have a wonderful and safe holiday.

 

[Hyacinth]

Ahh. Nice to know! Thanks Hyacinth. I appreciate this. I hope you have a wonderful and safe holiday.

Thanks, you too!

 

[Hyacinth]

Speaking of which - Happy Holidays, everyone!

 

[MPKate]

Hello! First timer here! I am trying to purchase a Coach leather duffle for my husband. I have three that I am looking at… would you mind checking them for me? Also, I purchased a vintage Dopp kit and was wondering if it was real.
I have read and re-read all the tips and tricks and clues… ugh, but I’m just not sure. THANK YOU!!!

1. •Item: Authentic Coach XL Vintage Congnac Brown Leather Weekender Duffle Bag
•Listing #: K7M-503L
•Seller: azuremuse on Poshmark
•Link: https://posh.mk/0ohiV2kpcmb (this is the one I REALLY want to get)

2.•Item: Vintage Coach Weekender Cabin luggage/travel/carryon duffle (#0503)
•Listing #: D1S-0503
•Seller: PursesAndWayMore on Etsy
•Link: https://etsy.me/3EsaxvT

3.•Item: Coach leather bag in great condition
•Listing #: J6G-0503
•Seller: jijunape on Poshmark
•Link: https://posh.mk/tsSl7Yeocmb

4.
•Item: Coach Dopp kit
•Tag: D1S-0526
•Purchased in Poshmark from eliale74
Photos of Dopp kit attached.

 

[MPKate]

Sorry, this blank one was an accident.

 

[samikins]

Item: Vintage Coach Legacy Zip Bag
Listing number: Style L6B-9966
Seller and site where listed
Link: https://poshmark.com/listing/Vintage-Coach-Legacy-Zip-Bag-619d65583a0db9e90219f7af
Comments: wondering if this is authentic? thank you

 

[ciaodenny]

Hey Guys !! I did it again I went to my local savers and found these two beauties. I was so exited that I didn’t even checked them. When I got home the black looked authentic and I’m pretty sure the brown one is fake. What do you guys think ?
Both 99666
Purchased at savers
Approx. Measurement: 10.5”(L) x 9”
(H) x 4.5” (D)
Sorry for the poor pics my camera is broken

 

[BeenBurned]

Hey Guys !! I did it again I went to my local savers and found these two beauties. I was so exited that I didn’t even checked them. When I got home the black looked authentic and I’m pretty sure the brown one is fake. What do you guys think ?
Both 99666
Purchased at savers
Approx. Measurement: 10.5”(L) x 9”
(H) x 4.5” (D)
Sorry for the poor pics my camera is broken

Both are fine. One was made in 1999 in Mexico and the other in 2001 in the US.

The legacy zip is closely faked so it's always good to check.

 

[ciaodenny]

Oh wow ! I really thought it was fake. The quality is so different

 

[ciaodenny]

But that’s awesome

 

[MPKate]

•Item: Coach Dopp kit
•Tag: D1S-0526
•Purchased on Poshmark from eliale74
•Approx size: 9”L x 5.5”W x 6”H

Okay, I figured I would scale down my original post!!
Just purchased this Dopp kit… and while I should have checked BEFORE I bought it… Alas, I did not. I see the little “bullseye” indicating what I believe to be an “outlet bag”.
Could you please let me know what you think?

Thank you!!!