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
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• FOR ITEMS NOT LISTED ONLINE:
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  Where purchased or how obtained
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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!

 

[Clicky]

Dear authenticators-
I was just gifted this bag from a friend and I don't understand how to read the creeds from China.
Question the first: would you happen to know of a good source of info so I could educate myself further on how to read them?

Question the second: would you be able to tell me more about this bag? (and also the burning question - is it real or not?)

I also acquired a backpack that I will post separately, also from China.

Thank you so much.

 

[Clicky]

Dear authenticators -

presenting part two of my request, also gifted. Please advise on authenticity and when this was made.

with deep appreciation and gratitude.

 

[Hyacinth]

Dear authenticators-
I was just gifted this bag from a friend and I don't understand how to read the creeds from China.
Question the first: would you happen to know of a good source of info so I could educate myself further on how to read them?

Question the second: would you be able to tell me more about this bag? (and also the burning question - is it real or not?)

I also acquired a backpack that I will post separately, also from China.

Thank you so much.

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There is a Pinned thread at the top of every page in this Authenticate section called "Salearea Guides" that gives a ton of information on Coach history and stamping details, including reading and dating creeds and serial numbers. It's geared mostly for vintage bags but the general details stay the same up until about 2012-2014 when Coach started messing around with serial numbers. The first 13 posts are mostly background and some of the links don't work but the rest is solid information about Coach details. The Daria48 Fake Numbers Guide that follows it also has a lot of good information including some, NOT all, of the most common fake serial numbers.

SaleArea guides

Now that ebay is removing the guides they've been hosting for years, those who use those guides have been forced to either save them on their computers or print them. Tonight I found that the Salearea guides (including the Hyacinth/Salearea collaboration ones) have been saved to Salearea's...

forum.purseblog.com

Yours is a genuine but NOT "vintage" Legacy Zip made in 2007, it's a remake of an older style from the late 1990s. Here's some 1997 catalog information on the original version, the China remakes never made it into the catalogs.You can also use the forum Search feature, look for "coach legacy zip 9966":




BTW, I strongly recommend reading the Salearea Guides more than once, every few weeks or every month, until the information starts to fall into place. There's a lot there to absorb. There's another Pinned thread right in the same group called "Answers to AUTHENTICITY Questions" which is a good place to ask for clarification on the details in the Salearea Guides.

 

[Hyacinth]

Hello! Can someone please authenticate this City bag for me? I bought it from Goodwill in 2020, it is my bag. Thank you !

It's a genuine City Bag made in 1999

 

[Ghost598065]

It's a genuine City Bag made in 1999

Thank you so much.

 

[Hyacinth]

Dear authenticators -

presenting part two of my request, also gifted. Please advise on authenticity and when this was made.

with deep appreciation and gratitude.

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It's a genuine Large Daypack made in 1999.

 

[Ghost598065]

It's a genuine City Bag made in 1999

I have a buyer claiming it’s fake because of YKK zipper nonsense. And she’s really making me pissy this week lol. She opened a case against me and I accepted the return. She is going off about the zipper and YKK and will not listen to anything I say. I tried explaining the salearea guides and the YKK myth but she blocked me.

 

[Clicky]

BTW, I strongly recommend reading the Salearea Guides more than once, every few weeks or every month, until the information starts to fall into place. There's a lot there to absorb. There's another Pinned thread right in the same group called "Answers to AUTHENTICITY Questions" which is a good place to ask for clarification on the details in the Salearea Guides.

Will Do and great suggestion. And thank you so so so much - I'm so grateful for all of your help - especially, as you quote in the guides, the only thing consistent about coach is its inconsistency! Makes for sporty collecting, for sure.

 

[Ttall]

Authentic Helen's legacy made in 2001.

Thank you Been Burned.

 

[Hyacinth]

I have a buyer claiming it’s fake because of YKK zipper nonsense. And she’s really making me pissy this week lol. She opened a case against me and I accepted the return. She is going off about the zipper and YKK and will not listen to anything I say. I tried explaining the salearea guides and the YKK myth but she blocked me.

I suggest that you post her buying ID here. Other sellers need to avoid know-it-alls like that. You know the old saying about never try to teach a pig to sing?

I think there used to be a Blocked Bidder List somewhere in these forums but can't find it ATM.

 

[DoraLuz]

• FOR ITEMS NOT LISTED ONLINE:
  Item: Coach Backpack (not sure what correct style this would be)
  Where purchased or how obtained: Years ago at a thrift store named Out Of The Closet
  Comments: I bought this years ago and Never thought to get it authenticated. It also got accidentally burned by sitting too close to a lamp for an extensive amount of time. The bottom it feels as though was supported by a thin base it has become loose and now the bottom is not as sturdy. I would like to know if I’ve been rocking the real thing this whole time. Thank you!

 

[Hyacinth]

Will Do and great suggestion. And thank you so so so much - I'm so grateful for all of your help - especially, as you quote in the guides, the only thing consistent about coach is its inconsistency! Makes for sporty collecting, for sure.

Yep, it keeps us on our toes, especially whe trying to figure out what problems are mistakes at the plant and what problems are just plain Fakes.

 

[Hyacinth]

• FOR ITEMS NOT LISTED ONLINE:
  Item: Coach Backpack (not sure what correct style this would be)
  Where purchased or how obtained: Years ago at a thrift store named Out Of The Closet
  Comments: I bought this years ago and Never thought to get it authenticated. It also got accidentally burned by sitting too close to a lamp for an extensive amount of time. The bottom it feels as though was supported by a thin base it has become loose and now the bottom is not as sturdy. I would like to know if I’ve been rocking the real thing this whole time. Thank you!

It's a genuine Sonoma Small Backpack, Natural Grain made in 1996.

I don't know if there's any fix for the heat damage but you could always ask at the Rehab And Rescue thread in the Coach Clubhouse at the main Coach forum.

 

[Ghost598065]

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I suggest that you post her buying ID here. Other sellers need to avoid know-it-alls like that. You know the old saying about never try to teach a pig to sing?

I think there used to be a Blocked Bidder List somewhere in these forums but can't find it ATM.

I will do a search for it! Thank you.
In the meantime this is the link I copied for her Mercari page.
Check out this seller on Mercari!
Username: Monica
https://www.mercari.com/u/821927079

 

[Bridgeybou]

Could you please authenticate for me? Thank you!

Item: Classic coach flap bag
Listing number: n/a
Seller and site where listed: nancyzac @poshmark
Link: https://posh.mk/z6SVzjXpRob
Comments: appreciate your help immensely!