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Two.time.bags said:
Did I read somewhere that most bags with a J serial number are fakes?

Item: vintage coach "red classic leather ....archival design ...1970s"
Item no: 271265668337
Seller: vbro3046
Link: http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/Red-Clas...US_CSA_WH_Handbags&hash=item3f28b19cf1&_uhb=1
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No no no - only SOME of them. And some are what we consider "questionable" and can't be authenticated with any certainty. They all should be carefully looked at though since that J month code in bags from the mid to the late 1990s was used by both fakes makers and in genuine Coaches.

This one is a possible fake. The J code is a red flag but the "N" month code is a bigger one. That code was being used at the same time for bags made in Mexico and should not have been used in a US-made item in 1998. Please understand that we don't have exact dates for when each code was used for which plant, but in cases like this it's probably safer not to bid.
 
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Hyacinth said:
No no no - only SOME of them. And some are what we consider "questionable" and can't be authenticated with any certainty. They all should be carefully looked at though since that J month code in bags from the mid to the late 1990s was used by both fakes makers and in genuine Coaches.

This one is a possible fake. The J code is a red flag but the "N" month code is a bigger one. That code was being used at the same time for bags made in Mexico and should not have been used in a US-made item in 1998. Please understand that we don't have exact dates for when each code was used for which plant, but in cases like this it's probably safer not to bid.
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Thanks. There's something about it that doesn't feel right.
 
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Beccabaglady said:
Good morning everyone! Would you mind looking at this one? THANKS!!

Item: Coach British Tan Messenger
Seller ID: http://myworld.ebay.com/coachgirl2006?_trksid=p2047675.l2559
Item #: 151110466434
Link: http://www.ebay.com/itm/Coach-Briti...434?pt=US_CSA_WH_Handbags&hash=item232ee2bb82
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Fake, the design of the leather part of the turnlock tab is wrong for a Station Bag, "GAD-" is a fake prefix, the creeed stamping is awful, and the metal part of the turnlock looks too small.
 
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