Oh cool, thank you for that info. Slim Satchel it is and now I can't stop singing "Hi my name is Slim Satchel," I am a dork.
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Oh cool, thank you for that info. Slim Satchel it is and now I can't stop singing "Hi my name is Slim Satchel," I am a dork.
I have this same bag (or a similar bag) that is brown and was Made in NYC and has a glued-in serial number (circa 1980?). I've never been sure if it is most correct to call it a Slim Satchel or a Handle Clutch? See the link below:
https://forum.purseblog.com/threads...ost-for-format.889527/page-1673#post-31719885
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I'd originally thought I replied to this but posted in the wrong place. Copying here.
I had a fabric (twill) version of this bag. Mine had a NYC creed but with stamped serial number and my notes have the style number as "8425?" and that I wasn't positive of the style number but that the leather version is 9425.
At the time, it was identified here (I believe by @whateve) as "slim satchel compact handle clutch." (I may have added some of the keywords.) It was dated as approximately mid to late 80s.
ETA: Here's my post although the pictures aren't viewable. Whateve's reply is in the next post.
https://forum.purseblog.com/threads...-questions-here.355205/page-624#post-27788930
In my notes it was called a handle clutch in 1978. In 1983 the name was slim satchel compact. The larger version was called a slim satchel, even in 1978. At some point between 1978 and 1983 they decided to make the names of the two styles consistent. At that time they called the larger version a slim satchel standard (1983) or slim satchel large (1986).
That's the thing. It looks like an Abbie but the serial numbers are C8B-9007. An early Abbie??
Wait for other opinions. (I thought it looked like a "0" but considered that it was distorted and may really have been a 1.)That's the thing. It looks like an Abbie but the serial numbers are C8B-9007. An early Abbie??
That's the thing. It looks like an Abbie but the serial numbers are C8B-9007. An early Abbie??
We really need a better, and larger, photo of the creed and serial number. Just seeing the serial number in print can't prove anything.
That's the thing. It looks like an Abbie but the serial numbers are C8B-9007. An early Abbie??
There's a better picture of the creed in this post:
Coach Rehab and Rescue Club
Another odd detail is that the creed is stamped on the outside of the bag ( which is inside the pocket)
My Abbie bag had the creed stamped inside the front pocket.
It could be that there's a little flaw or bite right at the bottom left corner of the B that makes it look like an F underneath. Other than that it looks like the other B stampings I have in my files. You can really only compare that B to other stamps from the same plant.
As for the serial number - like we always say, Coach makes mistakes. Maybe that's why it ended up at the outlets.
That's the thing. It looks like an Abbie but the serial numbers are C8B-9007. An early Abbie??
In case anyone is collecting pictures of interesting creed mistakes, here's a side-by-side comparison (same bag, plant, month and year):
