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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.

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  • 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.
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  • FOR ITEMS LISTED ONLINE:
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    Listing number:
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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.
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BeenBurned said:
You're correct. The bag is fake. TN and NT prefixes are only on fake items.

You can try warning the Goodwill site but don't hold your breath while waiting for them to end the listing and dispose of the item.
In fact, shopgoodwill on its own site as well as various ebay locations regularly sell fakes, many with inaccurate "COAs" included. Goodwill puts too much faith in the infallibility of the services they use and deny that items are fake.

I'll try to be optimistic that they respond appropriately this time.
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Hi BeenBurned. Just circling back to tell you that Goodwill removed the fake bag from auction and sent me a thank-you message. Your optimism was warranted, at least this time.
 
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Item: VTG 90s COACH #9947 USA MADE BLACK LEATHER VISTA CROSS BODY HANDBAG PURSE
Listing number: 115498669299
Seller and site where listed: ninininoinoinoi, ebay
Link: https://www.ebay.com/itm/1154986692...=true&nordt=true&rt=nc&_trksid=p2047675.l2557
Comments: Hi, I hadn't seen a bag like this before. Please and thank you for an authentication opinion! Is this bag rare? I think it will rehab nicely and look beautiful again.
 
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whateve said:
Sometimes it is just the angle of the photo or how the purse is leaning that makes it look different. The bag you asked about is authentic.

In my opinion, it doesn't look like it was never used. Doesn't it look like a lot of the color has worn off? I think it was probably originally bone.
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Thank you @whateve, everything about this bag looked off - even though I do know (having it learnt here) that sometimes leather takes dye differently I still got goofed by the crass unevenness of the color. I look at the bags you all authenticate and I'm trying to see what you see, but simply lack your depth of knowledge and, what I suspect, are years and hands-on experiences with these bags. I believe this has happened once before that I was thrown off by the silhouette of a bag and it was pointed out by Hyacinth that bags can look distorted sometimes. But sometimes I just do not see things they way you all do. And no, I never did believe the claims the seller stated for the bag. :smile:
Hyacinth said:
I didn't say that there were 2 different styles of Metropolis with the same style number. There was a Metropolis ZIP 9087 and a Metropolis FLAP 9022.

Coach sometimes made small changes to a bag that didn't affect the basic details, like they did with the under-flap pocket on the Court Bag or the many changes in strap lengths. I don't see'any problems.
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Thank you @Hyacinth for clarifying my number confusion, I did not know that there was a Metropolis flap. Since they all look the same, I can assume that my beige and black bags are also authentic. Also want thank you for your expertise - you do really provide an invaluable service to folks who are just looking for a nice purse. There are not many free services around anymore, so they are doubly appreciated when they are found.
 
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coachowe said:
Hello. Do you guys know what this bag is called? There is no other description on the listing. Just “coach leather brown purse”
www.ebay.com

COACH LEATHER WOMENS BROWN PURSE USED | eBay

COACH LEATHER WOMENS BROWN PURSE USED.
www.ebay.com
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ConnieinSeattle said:
Hi, I'm not any kind of authenticator, but google lens says this might be a 9390 "School Bag."
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You forgot seller ID: ruskol-82

The bag can't be named because it can't (yet) be authenticated without a picture of the full creed and serial number.
 
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ConnieinSeattle said:
Item: VTG 90s COACH #9947 USA MADE BLACK LEATHER VISTA CROSS BODY HANDBAG PURSE
Listing number: 115498669299
Seller and site where listed: ninininoinoinoi, ebay
Link: https://www.ebay.com/itm/115498669299?nma=true&si=Hm3D9VirJ1Olw7j2FUdXg2EGoto%3D&orig_cvip=true&nordt=true&rt=nc&_trksid=p2047675.l2557
Comments: Hi, I hadn't seen a bag like this before. Please and thank you for an authentication opinion! Is this bag rare? I think it will rehab nicely and look beautiful again.
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Genuine Vista Bag, from the 1994 Spring catalog. Click on the thumbnail to enlarge:

9947_Vista Bag_spring-1994-a.jpg
 
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