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:
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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.

Thank you and be safe!

 

[MTK1104]

Looks good, Station Bag from the early 1990s

Yay! Thank you always @Hyacinth ☀️✨ for your dedication

 

[BeenBurned]

Item: Vintage Coach Briefcase Leather Crossbody bag no.5266
Seller: nicolehabs1
Site: Mercari
Link: https://merc.li/xuQyfvDQb?sv=0

Please help authenticate this bag. Thank you!

It's good, made in 1997.

 

[Xxxhh0703]

It's good, made in 1997.

Thank you!

 

[j9ac]

Just browsing this evening and saw this...seems off (not real)...
Item: Coach Vintage Navy Blue Leather Crossbody City Handbag
Listing number: ??
Seller and site where listed: Poshmark / zulala4u
Link: https://poshmark.com/listing/Coach-...ossbody-City-Handbag-647e517fe9489861c402eb5c

 

[BeenBurned]

Just browsing this evening and saw this...seems off (not real)...
Item: Coach Vintage Navy Blue Leather Crossbody City Handbag
Listing number: ??
Seller and site where listed: Poshmark / zulala4u
Link: https://poshmark.com/listing/Coach-...ossbody-City-Handbag-647e517fe9489861c402eb5c

FAKE!

308-9875 is a known and common invalid serial number.

The frustrating this (to me) is that it wouldn't have been difficult for zulala4u to verify that the bag is fake. A simple googling for the serial number would have pulled up many hits, the top one being a plagiarized version of @Hyacinth's "fake serial number" list:

Google Search

 

[DL Harper]

Hi Authenticators, can someone take a look at this bag? Thank you!
Item: Vintage Coach Glenwood Sheridan Navy Blue Pebbled Leather Satchel Bag Purse
Listing number: 235031277550
Seller: goldghost
Link: https://www.ebay.com/itm/235031277550?hash=item36b8f4afee:g:zmcAAOSwXGdkdgYJ&amdata=enc:AQAIAAAA4Igiuk0j0C6+ZrxtnuwePurzDwMRPJkPpM78Wu3RmMC6nJYId/MWxydwsGhl1gltOyWFKNhEE5SJUUjo9yDMp/HgtHH6HATuWqzlDKziLNEZEDn8wTAtYLoE57fT70Im4RxFBymHBp5EFRJVxgdAnyux0M/h4MvXWE8PvOQMBdnmiA74H57iS4J8DBPqu1MJm6vp/4mk8qArFBqvgBbyuGnpWxOJuRQAipV0DgZDqaRyQIqgYdWWu386BlkI/VFYK7fNKwIB7dQdtgXeSk5CHS+d7Dtzx/ND6TkPr3NZM6ZI|tkp:Bk9SR6CLjd6RYg
Comment: Does anyone have a catalog photo available? Is this the known CR stamping error?
Listing photo attached

 

[BeenBurned]

Hi Authenticators, can someone take a look at this bag? Thank you!
Item: Vintage Coach Glenwood Sheridan Navy Blue Pebbled Leather Satchel Bag Purse
Listing number: 235031277550
Seller: goldghost
Link: https://www.ebay.com/itm/235031277550?hash=item36b8f4afee:g:zmcAAOSwXGdkdgYJ&amdata=enc:AQAIAAAA4Igiuk0j0C6+ZrxtnuwePurzDwMRPJkPpM78Wu3RmMC6nJYId/MWxydwsGhl1gltOyWFKNhEE5SJUUjo9yDMp/HgtHH6HATuWqzlDKziLNEZEDn8wTAtYLoE57fT70Im4RxFBymHBp5EFRJVxgdAnyux0M/h4MvXWE8PvOQMBdnmiA74H57iS4J8DBPqu1MJm6vp/4mk8qArFBqvgBbyuGnpWxOJuRQAipV0DgZDqaRyQIqgYdWWu386BlkI/VFYK7fNKwIB7dQdtgXeSk5CHS+d7Dtzx/ND6TkPr3NZM6ZI|tkp:Bk9SR6CLjd6RYg
Comment: Does anyone have a catalog photo available? Is this the known CR stamping error?
Listing photo attached

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It's authentic and a legitimate stamping error.

 

[ConnieinSeattle]

I've been fixating on vintage Coach for awhile, and then I saw THIS for $10. Please and thank you for an authentication opinion. My research seems to indicate it's a limited edition bag, #1494 (style number has been re-used with a more recent bag, I think).
Link: https://shopgoodwill.com/item/168228416
Seller: shopgoodwill.com, store: Goodwill Hawaii
Item: COACH Brown Bowler Bag

 

[DL Harper]

It's authentic and a legitimate stamping error.

Great news - thank you!

 

[K-Coach]

I suspect the reason why you aren't getting a reply is because we can't read the creed well enough.

If you can get a better picture of the creed and serial number, possibly editing the "definitiion" or by using eye shadow or another powder on the creed, it might help.

I thought that may be the reason. I took your suggestion regarding the eye shadow, but this was not as successful as I'd hoped. Ugh. The prefix is pretty easy to read, but the 9981 appears to be almost completely worn. I can barely see it under the right lighting but could not make it visible with the eye shadow, nor photograph it well. I've attached those additional photos, and I fully understand if you're unable to make an authentication judgment. Regardless, your time and help is greatly appreciated.

 

[Hyacinth]

Hi all~

I appreciate your help in authenticating this Coach Watson bag. The creed is very difficult to read, but I can see the J5D prefix somewhat clearly (see photos). This bag has a 26" strap drop and measures approximately 7.5" x 6" x 3". I believe I bought this at a garage sale a few years ago.

Thank you for your assistance!

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I thought that may be the reason. I took your suggestion regarding the eye shadow, but this was not as successful as I'd hoped. Ugh. The prefix is pretty easy to read, but the 9981 appears to be almost completely worn. I can barely see it under the right lighting but could not make it visible with the eye shadow, nor photograph it well. I've attached those additional photos, and I fully understand if you're unable to make an authentication judgment. Regardless, your time and help is greatly appreciated.


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BeenBurned's eyes AND computer programs are much better than mine, so maybe she'll have better luck. But the fonts used in the creeds and serial numbers are one of the most important details when I authenticate so it's still hard for me to give a 100 percent solid authentication. But I'm not seeing anything that would make me think it's fake when I look at the other details of the bag. I wouldn't recommend buying any bag for resale where it's almost impossible to see those details clearly though.

More opinions are welcome.

 

[K-Coach]

BeenBurned's eyes AND computer programs are much better than mine, so maybe she'll have better luck. But the fonts used in the creeds and serial numbers are one of the most important details when I authenticate so it's still hard for me to give a 100 percent solid authentication. But I'm not seeing anything that would make me think it's fake when I look at the other details of the bag. I wouldn't recommend buying any bag for resale where it's almost impossible to see those details clearly though.

More opinions are welcome.

Thanks Hyacinth.

 

[Hyacinth]

I've been fixating on vintage Coach for awhile, and then I saw THIS for $10. Please and thank you for an authentication opinion. My research seems to indicate it's a limited edition bag, #1494 (style number has been re-used with a more recent bag, I think).
Link: https://shopgoodwill.com/item/168228416
Seller: shopgoodwill.com, store: Goodwill Hawaii
Item: COACH Brown Bowler Bag

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It seems good, although there are only 2 photos in my files and neither is a creed photo. There's nothing in my notes about it being a Limited Edition. It's a Metallic Vintage Signature Satchel from 2004, so just one year to go until it actually IS vintage.

 

[BeenBurned]

I thought that may be the reason. I took your suggestion regarding the eye shadow, but this was not as successful as I'd hoped. Ugh. The prefix is pretty easy to read, but the 9981 appears to be almost completely worn. I can barely see it under the right lighting but could not make it visible with the eye shadow, nor photograph it well. I've attached those additional photos, and I fully understand if you're unable to make an authentication judgment. Regardless, your time and help is greatly appreciated.


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BeenBurned's eyes AND computer programs are much better than mine, so maybe she'll have better luck. But the fonts used in the creeds and serial numbers are one of the most important details when I authenticate so it's still hard for me to give a 100 percent solid authentication. But I'm not seeing anything that would make me think it's fake when I look at the other details of the bag. I wouldn't recommend buying any bag for resale where it's almost impossible to see those details clearly though.

More opinions are welcome.

I see what I need in the #3 picture.

What I see matches other August 1995 (D plant) prefixes. I think the bag is okay.

 

[ConnieinSeattle]

It seems good, although there are only 2 photos in my files and neither is a creed photo. There's nothing in my notes about it being a Limited Edition. It's a Metallic Vintage Signature Satchel from 2004, so just one year to go until it actually IS vintage.

Thank you! Here's where I got the idea. This similar #1494 item for sale has a close up of the back of the hang tag and it says: "Special Edition Fall 2004." Maybe that's different than limited edition. https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/283682680924