I don't see any problems with the bag but the creed has some anomalies. The "I" month code wasn't supposed to be used, but sometimes mistakes were made. However, this plant had been operating for a long time by 1998 and were probably less likely to make this kind of mistake. The creed has an extra dash after "No." and no dash between the numbers of the creed. Again, we see this on some authentic creeds, but the creeds I've seen for this plant don't have these anomalies. So, it is probably authentic, but given the seller's track record, I don't know if I would take a chance.