Vintage Coach -date codes

[jenniferelaine]

I’ve searched & searched & unless I overlooked it, I just don’t see what I’m looking for. I have a vintage Coach Court bag that belonged to a family friend. I’m not concerned about authenticity -although maybe I should be? Lol- that I’ve had over 10 years. Our friend had it way before then. Mainly I’m just looking for a guide to see how to read the serial numbers/date codes bc I’m just curious about that. Can someone send me a link? thanks!

 

[americandreaming]

SaleArea guides

Now that ebay is removing the guides they've been hosting for years, those who use those guides have been forced to either save them on their computers or print them. Tonight I found that the Salearea guides (including the Hyacinth/Salearea collaboration ones) have been saved to Salearea's...

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[jenniferelaine]

SaleArea guides

Now that ebay is removing the guides they've been hosting for years, those who use those guides have been forced to either save them on their computers or print them. Tonight I found that the Salearea guides (including the Hyacinth/Salearea collaboration ones) have been saved to Salearea's...

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Thank you! How do you interpret it just to find the year made? I was reading & still don’t quite see that. I know with LV you reverse the digits to find month & year -is Coach like that as well?

 

[Roro]

You should post in the Authenticate this Coach thread and ask your questions there. They will authenticate and tell you the age of the bag. Depending on the age of the bag, there may only be a registration number and no specific year data. Follow the instructions at the top of each page for needed photos and measurements.

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[jenniferelaine]

Thank you! I may do that. I’ve found some info online, but Coach is more complicated than LV! Lol! Not quite so easy to figure out!

 

[Hyacinth]

Thank you! I may do that. I’ve found some info online, but Coach is more complicated than LV! Lol! Not quite so easy to figure out!

It helps to read the Salearea Guides more than once. As you said, Coach's serial number and coding system is complicated and they made major changes frequently. Some numbers have codes as part of the serial and some don't. Anything made before 1994 won't have any codes in the serial numbers at all. A single reading of the Guides can leave you feeling more confused than before. I re-read them every few months just to keep my memory fresh, and I researched and wrote the darned things.

Also, please don't be confused by other so-called "guides" on the internet claiming to have that kind of information, most of them are just plain wrong. There's a mess of a guide that still shows up on many websites that's been wrong since it was posted more than 15 years ago and the same bad information keeps getting Copy-and-Pasted and posted and re-posted and confusing the heck out of people. Some of its dates are as much as ten years off. The SalereaGuides were researched by me from the ground up and have been frequently updated, the last time was in 2018 when I posted them here. They DON'T cover the periods before 1980, or the total MESS that Coach made of the serial number system starting around 2014 and continuing to the present day, but they're accurate for anything in between.

As others have suggested, have the item authenticated FIRST. If it's a fake, the serial number codes could be wrong and not make any sense. And please keep in mind that a serial number by itself, even if it looks "correct", can NEVER prove a Coach is authentic.

 

[jenniferelaine]

It helps to read the Salearea Guides more than once. As you said, Coach's serial number and coding system is complicated and they made major changes frequently. Some numbers have codes as part of the serial and some don't. Anything made before 1994 won't have any codes in the serial numbers at all. A single reading of the Guides can leave you feeling more confused than before. I re-read them every few months just to keep my memory fresh, and I researched and wrote the darned things.

Also, please don't be confused by other so-called "guides" on the internet claiming to have that kind of information, most of them are just plain wrong. There's a mess of a guide that still shows up on many websites that's been wrong since it was posted more than 15 years ago and the same bad information keeps getting Copy-and-Pasted and posted and re-posted and confusing the heck out of people. Some of its dates are as much as ten years off. The SalereaGuides were researched by me from the ground up and have been frequently updated, the last time was in 2018 when I posted them here. They DON'T cover the periods before 1980, or the total MESS that Coach made of the serial number system starting around 2014 and continuing to the present day, but they're accurate for anything in between.

As others have suggested, have the item authenticated FIRST. If it's a fake, the serial number codes could be wrong and not make any sense. And please keep in mind that a serial number by itself, even if it looks "correct", can NEVER prove a Coach is authentic.

Thank you so much for taking the time to reply! I really appreciate the tips!

 

[Teadrinker]

However, it appears one must be a member of Facebook to access the Salearea Guides.

 

[Hyacinth]

However, it appears one must be a member of Facebook to access the Salearea Guides.

There's no need to look there. Are you aware that the full guides including the 2018 updates are all posted right here at tPF? The link is right in one of the December 3, 2021 posts. I don't know if Salearea's FB site has copied and posted the updated versions, the original version goes back 10 years and needed some changes and corrections.

Read the entire thread, but don't try the links in the first 13 posts, many of them don't work any more.

SaleArea guides

Now that ebay is removing the guides they've been hosting for years, those who use those guides have been forced to either save them on their computers or print them. Tonight I found that the Salearea guides (including the Hyacinth/Salearea collaboration ones) have been saved to Salearea's...

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[Teadrinker]

There's no need to look there. Are you aware that the full guides including the 2018 updates are all posted right here at tPF? The link is right in one of the December 3, 2021 posts. I don't know if Salearea's FB site has copied and posted the updated versions, the original version goes back 10 years and needed some changes and corrections.

Read the entire thread, but don't try the links in the first 13 posts, many of them don't work any more.

SaleArea guides

Now that ebay is removing the guides they've been hosting for years, those who use those guides have been forced to either save them on their computers or print them. Tonight I found that the Salearea guides (including the Hyacinth/Salearea collaboration ones) have been saved to Salearea's...

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Many thanks to you Hyacinth, goddess of guides. I am new to all this forum/thread stuff and still mucking my way around. So much great content to read - and fun to share with others having similar obsessions.

 

[Lake Effect]

Many thanks to you Hyacinth, goddess of guides. I am new to all this forum/thread stuff and still mucking my way around. So much great content to read - and fun to share with others having similar obsessions.

Hi and welcome. Yes, there is a lot to navigate. It took me a few months at first and that was just for the Coach Forum. Yes, fun to find others who share the same passion, enjoyment for "fill-in-the-blank".