Authentic vs fake: A history of the Coach creed and serial #'s. - Page 6 - Designer Handbag & Purse Chat.. The Bag Forum

abbynormal · July 12th, 2008, 02:36 PM

could someone tell me what a bag with this serial should look like...

M04K-9956

from what I can tell it should be an all leather bag from 2004... but any additional info, or even better a pic, would be great.

Thanks

baileyj908 · July 14th, 2008, 07:28 PM

My aunt was given a coach bag from her friend who was getting rid of it. She gave it to me, but i am trying to figure out if it is real or fake. It is a green suede purse with a little pink leather trim. The tag states: THIS IS A COACH BAG. IT WAS HANDCRAFTED IN CHINA FROM THE FINEST MATERIALS TRIMMED WITH GENUINE LEATHER ITS SUPERIOR CREFTSMANSHIP AND ATTENTION TO DETAIL REFLECT OUT COMMITMENT TO ENDURING QUALITY. NO: B3K-7022. Could you post a picture of what this bag should look like. Thanks

boysRsmelly · July 14th, 2008, 07:36 PM

^^^ Here's the bag for that style number:

It could have come in other colors. It's not suede though.

Luddy · July 19th, 2008, 07:49 AM

I just got a purse off eBay (I know

) and I'm trying to figure out if it is infact real... It's number 41258, an optic swing pack in raspberry. I know that the C's are supposed to line up normally, but I thought I read that on the smaller purses that wasn't always the case...

Edit: It does have the YKK zipper, and the creedo tag looks good, although there's a small, very shallow stamp on the upper right of the creedo tag (outlet store, right?), and it even smells like Coach... Hopefully you all understand the smell thing, lol, I'd hate to sound stupid.

Luddy · July 19th, 2008, 12:13 PM

boysRsmelly posted this pic of her purse.... they look quite different, I'm starting to get worried, since I thought Coach made sure all of their purses looked the same...

daisydeadpetals · July 19th, 2008, 01:01 PM

I know exactly what you mean about the whole "smells like Coach" thing! But I could never get into the optic line so I guess I'm not much help...

neocoach · July 24th, 2008, 10:09 AM

hi all. anyone have or know anything about a vintage coach leather briefcase style 5181? i believe its called coach colebrooke

Jamey · July 24th, 2008, 12:01 PM

I have a coach with the following serial number.... L0682-10577. Any info? I would also love some info on how to properly clean the leather.

boysRsmelly · July 24th, 2008, 12:15 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Luddy

I just got a purse off eBay (I know

) and I'm trying to figure out if it is infact real... It's number 41258, an optic swing pack in raspberry. I know that the C's are supposed to line up normally, but I thought I read that on the smaller purses that wasn't always the case...

Edit: It does have the YKK zipper, and the creedo tag looks good, although there's a small, very shallow stamp on the upper right of the creedo tag (outlet store, right?), and it even smells like Coach... Hopefully you all understand the smell thing, lol, I'd hate to sound stupid.

Optics don't match up at the seams, this is probably the only Coach signature pattern that doesn't. It's very hard to tell when optics are fakes or not sometimes. The one you have pictured looks fine to me though. Is the inside hot pink with a hot pink creed patch? That's what mine has.

Luddy · July 24th, 2008, 01:56 PM

Yes it is, and the Creed patch has black sides.

I'm hopeful again! Here are some more pics, just to double check, if no one would mind! Thanks again!

ludlowdb/Coach Purse - Photobucket - Video and Image Hosting

boysRsmelly · July 24th, 2008, 05:00 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Luddy

Yes it is, and the Creed patch has black sides.

I'm hopeful again! Here are some more pics, just to double check, if no one would mind! Thanks again!

ludlowdb/Coach Purse - Photobucket - Video and Image Hosting

It looks just like mine. I think you're fine.

purseluvr · July 25th, 2008, 11:47 AM

I recently purchased 2 Coach leather bags and were told they were authentic - but i would like to double check - Serial #s L7C-9098 and G7C-7304
could anyone help? thanks

boysRsmelly · July 25th, 2008, 01:41 PM

The first one is the Tribeca Bucket bag and I'm not sure about the second one. Can you post pics?

purseluvr · July 26th, 2008, 06:13 AM

sure - here they both are
the brown one - the number is worn - just looks to be well used

thanks!

lambdalady2 · July 28th, 2008, 02:19 PM

So as you can see, im from NYC(on my location), capital of fake bags lol. well today, I spoke to my lovely co-worker and she tells me look! a new bag. So I said nice, where did you get it. She told me she received it as a gift and it priced at $35.00, I told her she is supporting child labor and she said yea but is cute. well anyways i of course took pics because it is crazy to me how real these bags look. What bag is this suppose to be?