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

[Vlad]

IMPORTANT READ-ME

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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.
• 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
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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!

 

[AuntieA]

Hello Authenticators,
Could you please take a look at this one when convenient? I appreciate your help. Thank you!
FOR ITEMS LISTED ONLINE:
Item: Coach Serial No. 1442-311
Listing number: 164809340
Seller: Goodwill of the Olympics and Rainier Region
Link: https://shopgoodwill.com/item/164809340
Comments: Thanks again!

 

[horrorchic1217]

 

[horrorchic1217]

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Hi! Good morning I'm interested in anything u can tell me about this bag. These engrave behind the creed pocket is odd. Thank u

 

[horrorchic1217]

 

[horrorchic1217]

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Hi there, is this a true new York city bag. I have 2 the other doesn't have the double strap though

 

[Hyacinth]

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I'm not really sure about that J3H- serial number. There are no confirmed examples of that plant and year combination that I've been able to find. Without a proven example of that code combination and with the large number of fakes that use that plant code, I would avoid anything with that serial prefix. By late 2003 which is what the codes indicate, US production of Coach bags had been almost completely take over by offshore plants. I would call that bag "Questionable" at best.

 

[Hyacinth]

Hi there, is this a true new York city bag. I have 2 the other doesn't have the double strap though

Both are genuine. Coach changed the strap design on that style over the years and also had an optional length available during the 1980s.

 

[Hyacinth]

Hello Authenticators,
Could you please take a look at this one when convenient? I appreciate your help. Thank you!
FOR ITEMS LISTED ONLINE:
Item: Coach Serial No. 1442-311
Listing number: 164809340
Seller: Goodwill of the Olympics and Rainier Region
Link: https://shopgoodwill.com/item/164809340
Comments: Thanks again!

Genuine Devon Bag style 9908 from the early 1990s

 

[AuntieA]

Genuine Devon Bag style 9908 from the early 1990s

Thanks Hyacinth! This is wonderful news. I appreciate this and the extra info too! Have a great day!

 

[Hyacinth]

I got this bag today. Here are some more photos. Does it look authentic? Do you know the style name? Thanks! (It's a very cool bag. I found a piece of paper in the bag showing the owner was 81 in 2011. !!)
Item: Coach hobo bag
Link: https://shopgoodwill.com/item/163825532
Seller: shopgoodwill.com, Goodwill Keystone Area - Harrisburg
Measures: 11 wide by 9.5 tall by 3 inches across the bottom.

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Genuine, it looks like a Town Bag Large style 4095 from the Lightweight line and made in the early 1990s

 

[Jacynthe]

Good afternoon dear authenticators! A request to authenticate please. Thank you!
Item: Fletcher
Where purchased or how obtained: thrift store
Comments: dimensions are 7 1/2" height, 10" width, 4 1/2" depth. ETA; just reviewed my request, so sorry for the creed photos. I do take them right side up but for some reason they go sideways and upside down when I post. I hope they are clear enough. Thank you!

 

[horrorchic1217]

I'm not really sure about that J3H- serial number. There are no confirmed examples of that plant and year combination that I've been able to find. Without a proven example of that code combination and with the large number of fakes that use that plant code, I would avoid anything with that serial prefix. By late 2003 which is what the codes indicate, US production of Coach bags had been almost completely take over by offshore plants. I would call that bag "Questionable" at best.

I'm not really sure about that J3H- serial number. There are no confirmed examples of that plant and year combination that I've been able to find. Without a proven example of that code combination and with the large number of fakes that use that plant code, I would avoid anything with that serial prefix. By late 2003 which is what the codes indicate, US production of Coach bags had been almost completely take over by offshore plants. I would call that bag "Questionable" at best.

Thank u so much for the info

 

[lilirose3]

Both the hangtag and the daisy look fine.

Thank you very much BeenBurned

 

[BeenBurned]

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I'm not really sure about that J3H- serial number. There are no confirmed examples of that plant and year combination that I've been able to find. Without a proven example of that code combination and with the large number of fakes that use that plant code, I would avoid anything with that serial prefix. By late 2003 which is what the codes indicate, US production of Coach bags had been almost completely take over by offshore plants. I would call that bag "Questionable" at best.

I'll go a step beyond @Hyacinth's opinion. I believe that bag is fake. The H plant font is wrong. (I think the serial prefix shows J8H. Not only was the H plant closes (afaik) by 1998 but it was certainly not in operation in 2003.)

But I'd like to see a picture of the interior of the back showing the creed along with the inside. From the picture I see, the creed appears to be stamped directly onto the leather (?) pocket rather than an attached patch as it should be.

Was this bag found in an online listing? If so, please post a link to the listing.

ETA: All other AUTHENTIC bags of the style have bridle leather creed text. Examples:

 

[BeenBurned]

Good afternoon dear authenticators! A request to authenticate please. Thank you!
Item: Fletcher
Where purchased or how obtained: thrift store
Comments: dimensions are 7 1/2" height, 10" width, 4 1/2" depth. ETA; just reviewed my request, so sorry for the creed photos. I do take them right side up but for some reason they go sideways and upside down when I post. I hope they are clear enough. Thank you!

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The Fletcher is fine.