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This is my first time buying a second hand Coach bag. Can someone check this numbers H5C-9983.. The bag is a Coach Regine. Here's the link to the ad I saw http://www.ebay.com/itm/151502855820?_trksid=p2059210.m2749.l2649&ssPageName=STRK:MEBIDX:IT
Hi, welcome to the purse forum. The bag in the listing looks authentic. Remember, just because a number follows the correct format doesn't mean the bag is authentic. Pictures are always needed.

In the future, post authentication requests in the authenticate thread here: http://forum.purseblog.com/coach-shopping/authenticate-this-coach-889527.html
 
Thanks for all the pictures. I love the lacing detail on the back pocket. I know exactly what you mean about the prices! I got tired of waiting for a decent price on the whiskey large flap and paid more than I would have liked. I've been looking since summer. I got good prices on the ink and ivy because they aren't as popular.
I've never seen the 11420. It's beautiful! Thanks for sharing. The whipstitch detail reminds me of Dooney & Bourke's Florentine, a bit.
 
As much as I hate it when thrifts and consignments sell fakes, I love it when they think they have a fake, price it at a steal and the item is nearly perfect!

But what's it called? TIA! (PIctures should enlarge by clicking.)

If more pictures are needed, please let me know.

Measurements are 13" wide x 7.25" high x 2.5" deep


Yes, I'm sure it is. Probably mid to late 80s. That's amazing! Someone probably cleaned out grandma's collection.

Sacs Mag has this one style 8430 but the creed wording is different and doesn't refer to the twill.

http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/Authenti...235?pt=US_CSA_WH_Handbags&hash=item3a8f6cc473

This Saddle Pouch looks like its from the same collection as it has the same creed wording.

http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/COACH-Vi...885?pt=US_CSA_WH_Handbags&hash=item58b9d7cd9d
 
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As much as I hate it when thrifts and consignments sell fakes, I love it when they think they have a fake, price it at a steal and the item is nearly perfect!

But what's it called? TIA! (PIctures should enlarge by clicking.)

If more pictures are needed, please let me know.

Measurements are 13" wide x 7.25" high x 2.5" deep

Sacs Mag has this one style 8430 but the creed wording is different and doesn't refer to the twill.

http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/Authenti...235?pt=US_CSA_WH_Handbags&hash=item3a8f6cc473

This Saddle Pouch looks like its from the same collection as it has the same creed wording.

http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/COACH-Vi...885?pt=US_CSA_WH_Handbags&hash=item58b9d7cd9d
Sacs Mag's measurements are slightly different from mine. Although I know measurements can vary depending on how you measure, she has it as 9" high. Mine definitely isn't that high.

And true to form, there's more inconsistency from Coach; 8430 isn't a leather bag, yet that's how the creed describes it. :smile1:
 
Sacs Mag's measurements are slightly different from mine. Although I know measurements can vary depending on how you measure, she has it as 9" high. Mine definitely isn't that high.

And true to form, there's more inconsistency from Coach; 8430 isn't a leather bag, yet that's how the creed describes it. :smile1:
Yeah, I thought that was weird! If it wasn't a NYC bag that would be reason enough to suspect it was fake.
 
Sacs Mag's measurements are slightly different from mine. Although I know measurements can vary depending on how you measure, she has it as 9" high. Mine definitely isn't that high.

And true to form, there's more inconsistency from Coach; 8430 isn't a leather bag, yet that's how the creed describes it. :smile1:
Sacs Mags' bag is a slim satchel, yours is a slim satchel compact. That is why the measurements are different. I can't explain the difference in the creed. Possibly hers is one of the first, before they decided to change the wording. We've seen authentic bags with wrong wording before, such as a fabric bag with "finest cowhide" wording. However, if that is true, it is more proof that the serial numbers weren't produced in order. Maybe it was just a mistake. Someone just used the wrong creed in the factory.
 
Sacs Mags' bag is a slim satchel, yours is a slim satchel compact. That is why the measurements are different. I can't explain the difference in the creed. Possibly hers is one of the first, before they decided to change the wording. We've seen authentic bags with wrong wording before, such as a fabric bag with "finest cowhide" wording. However, if that is true, it is more proof that the serial numbers weren't produced in order. Maybe it was just a mistake. Someone just used the wrong creed in the factory.

We know serial numbers weren't produced and used in numerical order. Groups of numbers may have, like some bags from around 1992 that still used the old 3+4 format and started with 0xx-xxx. But lower sequence numbers DON'T mean older bags.

My guess is that the early Twill bags like the ones in the above listings would have been from around 1986, which is the earliest mention of a line of twill versions I can find. The 1986 Summer catalog says " Some of our most popular styles are now available in Khaki cotton twill..." (italics mine) which seems to say that the twill is a recent addition. So if those and the one in the picture below which may be from a #8635 Convertible Clutch in Twill have serials starting with 988- or the 967- in Sacsmag's Slim Satchel Large Twill, those numbers certainly weren't used in a straight sequence 000-0001 to 999-xxxx.

I agree that the Slim Satchel was probably a very early twill bag (it's shown in that 1986 Summer catalog below along with the Twill Convertible Clutch), and Coach might not have had the Twill version creed stamp ready for production yet so a standard one was used. Or the plant just made a mistake.
 

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I agree that the Slim Satchel was probably a very early twill bag (it's shown in that 1986 Summer catalog below along with the Twill Convertible Clutch), and Coach might not have had the Twill version creed stamp ready for production yet so a standard one was used. Or the plant just made a mistake.
So I'm inferring that my bag, the slim satchel compact would have been slightly newer than the Slim Satchel since mine has the newer "twill" text. Is that right?
 
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