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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.

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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:
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    Listing number:
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  • 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.
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#10,850
maramd said:
Uh oh. "Wrinkles" and it looks like "scra7ches" and some vertical lines around the serial number.
Not real, right?

Vintage Olive Green Coach Purse w/dustbag(25741129)
Item (25741129)
Seller goodwill
http://www.shopgoodwill.com/auctions/Vintage-Olive-Green-Coach-Purse-w-dust-bag-25741129.html
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It looks genuine to me. There's nothing wrong with "wrinkles"- sometimes the angle and lighting can make that "k" look almost like an "x" but it's not. And what you're seeing with "scratches" is another trick of the lighting. The lines around the numbers are from the stamping press.
 
#10,853
Hyacinth said:
It looks genuine to me. There's nothing wrong with "wrinkles"- sometimes the angle and lighting can make that "k" look almost like an "x" but it's not. And what you're seeing with "scratches" is another trick of the lighting. The lines around the numbers are from the stamping press.
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Well, yay! Thanks. I love that style ( Mulberry bag?) so will be biding on that bag now!

And thanks for the name and style number on the not a portfolio, etc. bag.
 
#10,854
Hi All. Everywhere I go to learn about old Coach bags points me here! I hope you won't mind I'm NEW! :) Thank you so much for your expertise!

Item: Rare Vintage COACH British Tan "Court" #1123 Cross-Body Bag ~ Made USA 1980's
Listing number: 252148973518
Seller: mart5205
Link: http://www.ebay.com/itm/Rare-Vintag...973518?hash=item3ab53fffce:g:le0AAOSw5VFWM4fU
Comments: Just out of curiosity, wondering if it is "from the 1980s" and "rare" Legacy info in this description is correct? I see one of his bags was authenticated before one this forum.

Item: COACH CLASSIC * STEWARDESS* BAG #9525~ BLACK LEATHER/BRASS
Listing number: 121816979418
Seller: vicsah
Link: http://www.ebay.com/itm/COACH-CLASS...979418?hash=item1c5cdb97da:g:~0UAAOSwkZhWSq3r
Comments: Also wondering if the Costa Rica claim is true (just for curiosity).
 
#10,855
Belltoes said:
Hi All. Everywhere I go to learn about old Coach bags points me here! I hope you won't mind I'm NEW! :) Thank you so much for your expertise!

Item: Rare Vintage COACH British Tan "Court" #1123 Cross-Body Bag ~ Made USA 1980's
Listing number: 252148973518
Seller: mart5205
Link: http://www.ebay.com/itm/Rare-Vintag...973518?hash=item3ab53fffce:g:le0AAOSw5VFWM4fU
Comments: Just out of curiosity, wondering if it is "from the 1980s" and "rare" Legacy info in this description is correct? I see one of his bags was authenticated before one this forum.

Item: COACH CLASSIC * STEWARDESS* BAG #9525~ BLACK LEATHER/BRASS
Listing number: 121816979418
Seller: vicsah
Link: http://www.ebay.com/itm/COACH-CLASS...979418?hash=item1c5cdb97da:g:~0UAAOSwkZhWSq3r
Comments: Also wondering if the Costa Rica claim is true (just for curiosity).
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Both are genuine.

The Court Bag would have been made between 1988 and 1991. The actual style number is 9870.

The Stewardess was made in 2001. Many Coach collectors including myself rate the Costa Rica bags and leathers in the top 3 for quality of both the construction and the leather, right up with bags made in the US and in Italy.
 
#10,856
Thank you, everyone for your help. :)

Has anyone encountered a creed tag/serial number that looks like this? No spaces, no dashes... Bag doesn't seem super old, since it's "Made in USA", and not NYC
 

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#10,857
I'm waiting on a close up of the creed for this, but otherwise does it seem legit?

https://www.etsy.com/listing/123757271/15-discount-vintage-coach-city-bag

She has the creed transcribed:
"This is a Coach bag. It is made out of a completely natural glove tanned cowhide. The scars, scratches, veins, and wrinkles are natural markings characteristic of full grain leather. Made in New York City, USA"

Says the serial is # 765-5744


Thanks ladies! Youre always very helpful.
 
#10,858
codenameyam said:
I'm waiting on a close up of the creed for this, but otherwise does it seem legit?

https://www.etsy.com/listing/123757271/15-discount-vintage-coach-city-bag

She has the creed transcribed:
"This is a Coach bag. It is made out of a completely natural glove tanned cowhide. The scars, scratches, veins, and wrinkles are natural markings characteristic of full grain leather. Made in New York City, USA"

Says the serial is # 765-5744


Thanks ladies! Youre always very helpful.
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You can never use just a written transcription of the creed OR the serial number to prove authenticity. It's the visual details of the stampings themselves that are important.

Ten years of reading hard to read creeds can be a big help though. What I see looks ok. The bag was probably made around 1987.
 
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