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!

 

[SquidwardsMom]

Hi all! I took a risk and bought my very first vintage coach bag from a secondhand store. I believe it’s the Dinky. After further scrutinization I have my doubts and think it could be fake? I would appreciate any help. Thank you


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I have the same bag in brown! I came here today to find info as well.

 

[Hyacinth]

View attachment 5714018 Hi I recently found this Coach bag at an estate sale and wasn’t able to find any information online. Anything would help. Thanks

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There's not much we can do to identify it without measurements, but it's genuine.

 

[Hyacinth]

Hi all! I took a risk and bought my very first vintage coach bag from a secondhand store. I believe it’s the Dinky. After further scrutinization I have my doubts and think it could be fake? I would appreciate any help. Thank you


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I don't understand why you think it's fake. There's nothing wrong with it.

 

[Hyacinth]

Hi all! I took a risk and bought my very first vintage coach bag from a secondhand store. I believe it’s the Dinky. After further scrutinization I have my doubts and think it could be fake? I would appreciate any help. Thank you


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Genuine City Bag from 1997

 

[mltucker]

Hi! Newbie here. I’d greatly appreciate some guidance as to the authenticity of this bag.

https://posh.mk/DbOeQr58ixb

It seems too good to be true. Thank you in advance!

 

[brehy0440]

I don't understand why you think it's fake. There's nothing wrong with it.

Great to hear! Thank you for your help

 

[brehy0440]

Genuine City Bag from 1997

I looked it up and mine looks a little different


From Google

My bag

 

[Pursehoarder2025]

Hi! I just bought this ($10 only thank goodness lol) I’m not sure it’s real though. I didn’t really have time to check it in the store but the creed looks kinda off to me! I know there are some anomalies in coach but I’d love your expert opinion
Thank you!
Style number 9872

 

[Hyacinth]

Hi! I just bought this ($10 only thank goodness lol) I’m not sure it’s real though. I didn’t really have time to check it in the store but the creed looks kinda off to me! I know there are some anomalies in coach but I’d love your expert opinion
Thank you!
Style number 9872

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You only included a small part of the required photos and information but there's no need to post more. It's fake.

Please read the directions in the READ ME post at the top of each page for future authentications.

 

[Hyacinth]

Hi! Newbie here. I’d greatly appreciate some guidance as to the authenticity of this bag.

https://posh.mk/DbOeQr58ixb

It seems too good to be true. Thank you in advance!

Please post a copy of the seller's photo(s) of the creed and serial number.

 

[Hyacinth]

Genuine City Bag from 1997

Great to hear! Thank you for your help

I looked it up and mine looks a little different

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My bag

SORRY! Yours IS a Dinky and is genuine. I replied to the wrong post. It was made in the late 1980s.

PLEASE include measurements in your future posts, see the READ ME post for the required information.

 

[Hyacinth]

Item: vintage coach city bag
Where purchased or how obtained: Poshmark
Creed reads: THIS A COACH BAG. IT WAS HANDCRAFTED IN COSTA RICA OF COMPLETELY NATURAL GLOVE-TANNED COWHIDE. THE VARIATIONS IN THE GRAIN ARE CHARACTERISTIC OF NATURAL FULL GRAIN LEATHER.

Serial number M7M-9790

Measurements:8.5x10.2
Width of bottom: 3.5

Any help much appreciated!!!

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Genuine City Bag made in 1997

 

[Pursehoarder2025]

You only included a small part of the required photos and information but there's no need to post more. It's fake.

Please read the directions in the READ ME post at the top of each page for future authentications.

Thank you! So sorry! I was in the car. I can’t deal with fake bags so when I realize I’ve gotten something fake I like to trash it before going home it just annoys me to have to see it

 

[BeenBurned]

Hi! I just bought this ($10 only thank goodness lol) I’m not sure it’s real though. I didn’t really have time to check it in the store but the creed looks kinda off to me! I know there are some anomalies in coach but I’d love your expert opinion
Thank you!
Style number 9872

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You only included a small part of the required photos and information but there's no need to post more. It's fake.

Please read the directions in the READ ME post at the top of each page for future authentications.

Thank you! So sorry! I was in the car. I can’t deal with fake bags so when I realize I’ve gotten something fake I like to trash it before going home it just annoys me to have to see it

Certainly trashing it keeps it out of circulation and prevents the next buyer from being fooled and in your case, the "investment" wasn't a huge amount.

However even at $10, why should the store (or wherever you bought it) get away with making money on something they never should have sold? Even if you returned it for an exchange and let them know why, perhaps they'd do the right thing and cut out the creed, remove the hangtag and resell the bag without anything that pretends it's Coach.

 

[Pursehoarder2025]

Certainly trashing it keeps it out of circulation and prevents the next buyer from being fooled and in your case, the "investment" wasn't a huge amount.

However even at $10, why should the store (or wherever you bought it) get away with making money on something they never should have sold? Even if you returned it for an exchange and let them know why, perhaps they'd do the right thing and cut out the creed, remove the hangtag and resell the bag without anything that pretends it's Coach.

That’s exactly why I won’t donate fakes because I know someone will get it, post it on eBay for $200 and someone will really get scammed. This particular store gets away with everything. They legit sold a fake Rolex for $1,000 and refused to accept a return. They also had a fake birkin that they sold for $1,000. They knew it was fake. They usually price fake Louis Vuitton’s $200. When I tell them that’s illegal and it’s fake they say it’s cheap and people don’t mind if they’re fake. Please tell me how $200 on a fake bag is cheap. I’ve reported it, complained more than once to management, and they keep doing it ‍. They need a lawsuit filed against them. If I spent 1k on a fake birkin you bet I’d file in small claims court! It makes me SO mad! On a $10 bag they won’t even bat an eye. They’ll tell me it’s my job to research and check the item before buying it.