It looks like it says something on the leather tab. I wonder what.This is the only thing I could find that claims it's from 1965.
1965 PAPER AD Wallet Billfold Coach Alligator Pinseal Ostrich Elco Cameo Arctic | eBay
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It's a page from a 1965 catalog so it doesn't have any date on the page itself. I have been looking for these items but they are super hard to find as Coach didn't even stamp their brand name on these products back in the day! So they won't be listed as Coach by anyone. It would be awesome if you could find one! I have been looking and have not been successful.
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This is the only thing I could find that claims it's from 1965.
1965 PAPER AD Wallet Billfold Coach Alligator Pinseal Ostrich Elco Cameo Arctic | eBay
Find many great new & used options and get the best deals for 1965 PAPER AD Wallet Billfold Coach Alligator Pinseal Ostrich Elco Cameo Arctic at the best online prices at eBay! Free shipping for many products!www.ebay.com
It's a page from a 1965 catalog so it doesn't have any date on the page itself. I have been looking for these items but they are super hard to find as Coach didn't even stamp their brand name on these products back in the day! So they won't be listed as Coach by anyone. It would be awesome if you could find one! I have been looking and have not been successful.
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Yes, while looking through my files yesterday for ads I found a few other old ones. (who else here remembers the 10 percent Federal excise tax on what were considered "luxury goods" back then?
)These are supposed to be from 1958. Hope they enlarge OK. Several of the Womens' wallets are really pretty.
There were at least half a dozen codes that were what I call "Floaters". They were mostly from G to M and were assigned as needed to temporary plants only in use for a few weeks or months, or independent plants where Coach had simply leased a part of their production facilities. They could and often were used for more than one country so they shouldn't even be given any country designation otherwise someone might think that if that particular code is with a creed that says it's from a different country, someone might think that second bag is fake.
Sometimes a floater code could be used for more than one country in the same MONTH. For instance in 1995 the M code bounced back and forth like a tennis ball between the US and Costa Rica, and in March ("C" month code") the M plant code was used for BOTH plants in the same month. The same thing happened with the M plant code in April of 1997.
To muddy the waters even more, a surprising number of serial numbers in bags from the mid to late 1990s had the 3 digits of the serial prefix scrambled, and sometimes it can take a while to even figure out which is the month code and which is the plant code. One or two people who call themselves "experts" and even "authenticators" STILL haven't figured that out.
Those are just some of the many reasons why I don't make lists of countries and codes. And that's why the only way to be sure they're correct is to compare them with known genuine bags made in the same plant, month and year. Another problem is that some people who don't understand the system just assume that if it has the "right" plant code, it must be genuine, and that definitely is NOT always correct. They look for short cuts, but there aren't any. Or as any hobbit would tell you, "Short cuts make long delays".
Most plant codes will be in bags that show the country of origin right in the creed stamp anyway.
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Be careful with those. There are some fakes with G plant code.
Exactly. Almost every plant code Coach has ever used has also shown up in fakes, including quite a few that were never used in handbags at all but were Coach's internal production codes for plants making things like keychains, shoes, scarves, clothing, etc. Every Coach plant or leased facility had its own plant code. For instance the "J" plant code with US or Portugal creeds should only be found in clothing items made in the mid-1990s. It was only used in genuine handbags after it was reassigned to a China plant in or around 1999. "D6J-" is a known always fake prefix when it's found in any handbag, and the bag will usually say it was made in the USA.
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Thanks for the info. I love these photos.Yes, while looking through my files yesterday for ads I found a few other old ones. (who else here remembers the 10 percent Federal excise tax on what were considered "luxury goods" back then?
These are supposed to be from 1958. Hope they enlarge OK. Several of the Womens' wallets are really pretty.
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funny story. Was dreaming the other night that I found a holy grail item and was waiting to have it authenticated. Was woken by my husband coming to bed. Never found out was the hg item was or if it was authenic.
For what he did, he owes you an actual HG item! ...
Those are so beautiful! Timeless too.Yes, while looking through my files yesterday for ads I found a few other old ones. (who else here remembers the 10 percent Federal excise tax on what were considered "luxury goods" back then?
These are supposed to be from 1958. Hope they enlarge OK. Several of the Womens' wallets are really pretty.
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ETA: anyone has anything similar from that era? If yes show it off to us please...
Look at those prices!Yes, while looking through my files yesterday for ads I found a few other old ones. (who else here remembers the 10 percent Federal excise tax on what were considered "luxury goods" back then?
These are supposed to be from 1958. Hope they enlarge OK. Several of the Womens' wallets are really pretty.
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Yes, while looking through my files yesterday for ads I found a few other old ones. (who else here remembers the 10 percent Federal excise tax on what were considered "luxury goods" back then?
These are supposed to be from 1958. Hope they enlarge OK. Several of the Womens' wallets are really pretty.
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Oh my goodness, those ladies items are beautiful! I would love to have any of them. Thank you for sharing the photos.
This think this is from the same catalogue/advertisement
Yes, I’ve read about the creed, what the series of numbers mean in reference to when the bag was made- but I still get confused- it’s good to know I’m not the only oneHey even I have to go back to the salearea guides to refresh my memory.
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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...forum.purseblog.com
On the black wallet? It says CARDS
I saw that on eBay too. That's listed as 1959. I was able to find the Vagabond utility kit.