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

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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!
 
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ljsmommy said:
Hi, it's been a long time. Glad to see you all still here. Thank you so much for continuing to help out and educate the Coach community. I have an item I bought off Mercari I am unsure of. Thank you!
Item #: m49537162564
Listing #: Can't Find
Seller & Where Listed: Matt Jackson Stan & Mercari - Seller is selling his mom's handbags
Link: https://www.mercari.com/us/item/m49537162564/
Comments: Font, Stitching, and Size seem "off"

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We need to see photos of the outside back to see if there's an open slip pocket. We also need to see the outside of the base to see the seams and one of the corners. It looks like a Convertible Clutch from the late 1980s or early 1990s. My computer can't open most listing photos or even Mercari listings but you didn't provide any photos in your post of those details.
 
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BeenBurned said:
Both are authentic.

The first one has a month and year code but they're difficult to read so I can't tell you what year it was made. (Maybe someone else can read it.)

Second one has a fairly common (human error) stamping mistake in which the hyphen stamp was mistakenly replaced with a number.
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Thank you! So the second bag is Coach 8858? I've tried doing some research and cannot find it?
 
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JuneCleaverSemperFi said:
Would you please authenticate this wallet I received from my mother law? About 7.75 x 4
Thanks
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There's no information in my files about that number but it appears to be exactly what both the price tag and label on the box say it is. Going ONLY by the serial number sequence I would date it to the early 1990s.

Nice gift! :smile:
 
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CobbleStore Vintage said:
Thank you! So the second bag is Coach 8858? I've tried doing some research and cannot find it?
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No, that one has a pre-1994 serial number and those did NOT include the style number in the serial number. You're wasting your time looking for a number match. There's no way to identify it without more photos and measurements. It was probably made in 1988 or 1989.

Please take the time to read the Salearea Coach Guides for more details especially the sections on Coach creeds and serial numbers. Don't worry if some of the links in the early posts no longer work.

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...
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mysticsol8 said:
Hi, GoodWill is saying this bag is authentic. I have serious doubts. Can someone take a look at it for me? I am going to respond back to GoodWill with TPF's response on this bag. ( I know R month code... but they don't believe me)

Thank you, Tracy
shopgoodwill.com

Used Vintage Coach Black Leather Crossbody Purse w/COA

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The bag is fake and yet again, Entrupy and Goodwill are wrong and their "COA" is worthless.

Since you're going to show Goodwill our authentication as proof of inauthenticity, please let them know that they really need to find a more accurate way to verify authenticity of their items than Entrupy! From what I've seen, Entrupy (and Goodwill) only have about a 50% accuracy!

Goodwill's dependence and trust in Entrupy is hurting their credibility and diminishing the good things Goodwill Industries does in helping their charitable endeavors and employment opportunities for those who are differently abled.

And in the event Goodwill does read this, they should understand that the way AI (aritificial intelligence)with Entrupy works is that errors are supposed to be made known to the programs so those errors and their algorithms can be corrected. When Goodwill blindly accepts that Entrupy is accurate and gives their buyers refunds without notifying Entrupy and allowing them to correct errors, those mistakes multiply, Entrupy and Goodwill can't be trusted and buyers get ripped off with fakes.

ETA: If Goodwill wants to see just a fraction of the errors they've made, here's a link:

The good thing is that here on the Coach subforum, we WILL help sellers (like Goodwill and others) who want to do the right thing and avoid the listing and sale of fakes. If someone from Goodwill came here and wanted to verify items PRIOR TO LISTING, they are welcome to post their pictures on this thread.
 
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Dear Authenticators,
I now have a turn lock backpack in my possession that I purchased on eBay. Measurements are approximately L7xH9xW4 inches. The only thing I really don’t like about it is the creed. It is not stamped deep enough and is totally illegibility except for the numbers. The made in tag says Vietnam. Please will you take a look? I can still return it…but if you think it is authentic and I keep will it have a resell value with that creed?
Thank you for your consideration
Item: turn lock backpack 3334
eBay seller: hauteluxuryboutique

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Hyacinth said:
We need to see photos of the outside back to see if there's an open slip pocket. We also need to see the outside of the base to see the seams and one of the corners. It looks like a Convertible Clutch from the late 1980s or early 1990s. My computer can't open most listing photos or even Mercari listings but you didn't provide any photos in your post of those details.
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Hi Hyacinth! Sorry for the missing information. The listing is named "Coach Vintage British Tan Leather Crossbody Brown City Basic Flap Companion Bag". I've also attached the additional requested pictures. The first one is the back where you mentioned it having a slip pocket or not. Mine does not have a slip pocket. It is just a sewn line. The second picture is of the bottom. Thanks again!

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Hi again ☀️
Can I also request to check Coach scarves?
Got both from a thrift shop recently. I have a doubt these are authentic

Thank you ✨

First one
20” W x 60” L
No tag, feels like polyester and sheer.
Sand color with Brown trim

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Second one
Not like the 1st one, but this is like a heavy winter scarf. It has a tag. Color is Black x White.

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