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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.

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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#89,041
greenandred said:
Hello again!

I’m hoping you wouldn’t mind taking a look at some hangtags for me despite the fact that I unfortunately can’t provide useful source information—I genuinely have no idea where most of them came from anymore. I know one was in a keychain pile at a church thrift store, another from a destroyed bag from which I harvested hardware + this tag, one was from my first vintage Coach bag (a Willis gifted by my sister), and some were taken from project bags to be used on tag-less but otherwise ready bags. I did buy one individually but don’t know which it was anymore because the listing is gone and the photo in my purchases section is too tiny to offer a useful comparison to figure it out.

All that being said, I would like to avoid gifting or selling a good bag with a fake tag if I can. I’d love it if you could tell me what you think, but I understand if not, course!

Thanks, as always.

Notes: #1 is the only one I have with sealed edges like that. I don’t know if someone did that later or if it’s normal for later bags or something, but it’s an outlier among my tags. #4 has always been suspicious to me because it’s quite stiff. #5 is split and needs fixing. #6 is starting to split.

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BeenBurned said:
Ugh! Hangtags can be tricky because they're very easy to copy and fake.

This is my opinion from what I see. Other opinions are VERY welcome! (Those that I say "look wrong" are (IMO) fake.)

1. seems okay IMO
2. seems okay IMO
3. seems okay IMO
4. looks wrong to me.
5. looks wrong to me.
6. seems okay IMO
7. looks wrong to me.
8. seems okay IMO
9. No opinion - not sure.
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I agree.
 
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#89,042
lyvy said:
Hi ladies,

I've been getting more and more addicted reading up on everything Coach here. Could I please get your help to authenticate these 4:

1) Item: Coach 9950 Janice's legacy
Listing No. : 405000285365
Seller, site: Digger-Camera, eBay
Link: https://www.ebay.com.sg/itm/4050002...8vfDqvURMq&var=&widget_ver=artemis&media=COPY

Comments: I rmb reading here that no factory had transitioned to the new typical '1994 onwards' creed with the style number and made in... in the wordings until after 1994. But this has Leatherware under the Coach logo so I'm checking if this is legit

2)Item: Coach 9525 stewardess
Listing No. : 315212127158
Seller, site: MS_Japan7, eBay
Link: https://www.ebay.com.sg/itm/3152121...8vfDqvURMq&var=&widget_ver=artemis&media=COPY

Comments: I'm aware that brass/brass plated hardware on Coach in the 90s can discolour, but can it really turn colour this badly such that the base hardware is almost like pure silver in colour?

3) Item: Coach 9027 mini ergo

Listing No. : 315411388186

Seller, site: MS_Japan7, eBay

Link: https://www.ebay.com.sg/itm/3154113...8vfDqvURMq&var=&widget_ver=artemis&media=COPY

4) Coach 9525 stewardess
Sold at a thrift store in Japan
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Comments: My friend is in Japan right now and came across this stewardess bag. He wanted to get it for me but obviously, I wanted pictures. The store owner didn't allow him to take pics but provided these few pics for him to send to me. Any thoughts?

Thank you so very much in advance :smile:
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They are authentic.

Regarding the first, different factories transitioned to the new wording at different times. They started using the new numbering system but kept the old creeds for awhile, until the new creed stamp was shipped to them.

#2 - the hardware used for the feet wasn't the same plated brass as the rest of the hardware - probably a different supplier - and these tended to lose plating fairly quickly. You can see it happening on #4. Maybe someone helped it along on #2.
 
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#89,043
whateve said:
They are authentic.

Regarding the first, different factories transitioned to the new wording at different times. They started using the new numbering system but kept the old creeds for awhile, until the new creed stamp was shipped to them.

#2 - the hardware used for the feet wasn't the same plated brass as the rest of the hardware - probably a different supplier - and these tended to lose plating fairly quickly. You can see it happening on #4. Maybe someone helped it along on #2.
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Many thanks for explaining, Whateve. Have a beautiful weekend 🌈
 
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#89,044
Good evening authenticators. Please take a look at this Park Carryall that has been in my possession since I purchased it secondhand a few years ago. It measures 13.25x5.25x9”. Thank you for your time and knowledge!
 

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#89,052
lucyvpx said:
Hi! Can I get an authentication check on this?
Item: Coach Willis
Seller and site where listed: vancitygoodness on Poshmark
Link: https://poshmark.ca/listing/COACH-Vintage-Willis-9927-in-British-Tan-66296e221df636e4d9940098
Comments: I cant tell from the creed if the serial number is C4E? It looks like a strange E but also if a C with a mark? The mark looks sort of stamp level deep.
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I believe it's a C with a scratch making it look like an "e"

The bag is okay.
 
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