Also remember that no one can say if a bag is genuine just from the serial number! Clear close-up photos of the inside and outside are always needed. There are thousands of fakes that won't have any of those numbers, and many fakes, especially newer ones, can have accurate serial numbers. Please remember, this list is an introduction, NOT a complete list. Don't waste a dime or your time on them.Īny question about authenticity should always be asked at Ebay's Shoes Purses and Accessories forum: The ones you have to pay for aren't any better, and the links you sometimes find in them to 'sites where you can buy genuine Coach bags' often lead to sites selling fakes.
And those free downloadable 'guides' you sometimes find are worth exactly what you paid for them - zip, zero, zilch. There is NO single detail that can ever prove a Coach is genuine. Almost all of them are filled with mistakes, outdated info or just plain nonsense. Coach has used at least FIVE different brands of zippers and fakes makers can buy real OR fake YKKs so a zipper doesn't prove a thing). There are exceptions, but ask someone at the Ebay Purses Board to look at the auction to see if your bag is one of them.Īlso beware of badly-researched or Copied-and-Pasted 'Guides' posted here and at other places on the Net that quote 'Rules' and claim that a certain feature like YKK zippers prove a Coach is real (or fake). For instance, if a creed says that a bag is made of genuine leather and doesn't mention any other type of material but the bag is mostly fabric with leather trim, you're looking at a fake.Īnd beware of any older bag where the name Coach is stamped on the outside or the flap, especially if it isn't in the lower center of the flap. Read the creed carefully and look for mistakes in spacing, spelling and punctuation (these don't always prove something is fake but they will 99 times out of 100).īeware of 'classic' leather bags with sewn-on cell phone holders on the side, another sure sign of a counterfeit.īeware of any bag whose construction doesn't match the description on the creed patch. After 1994 the last half of the number was actually the style number, and the front half of the number showed where and when the item was made.Coaches made in 1994 or later should begin with a letter from A to M)
You also have to look at the construction details like zipper pulls, hardware, stitching, the design and thickness of the straps, the design and font used on the creed stamp or creed patch inside the bag, and especially whether the style number (the numbers to the right of the dash) on the creed actually belongs to that style bag.(Before 1994, most serial numbers were seven numbers long and didn't give any clue to the style name of the bag. Of course there's more to deciding whether or not a Coach bag or other accessory is counterfeit than just the serial number. And more will show up every month, so don't think that if a number isn't listed here it must be ok. Many of these show up on older classic leather bags but have been found on new Signature bags and leather bags too. To help wade through the counterfeit Coaches for sale, here's a basic guide to some of the most commonly-used fake serial numbers. In reply to albertabrightalberta 6:14:27 AM. According to your pictures, it looks like a Coach. Some of the much older Coach bags don't have serial numbers. #6 – Wording on the Coach creed that is jumbled or misspelled.
On the right, the serial number was simply pasted on. Below, this Coach handbag is identified as a counterfeit by the authenticity tag, which lacks the style and serial number. The only way to know your Coach bag is a true. Most COACH bags have a 'serial number' stamped on the inside on a square patch of leather sewn into the bag's lining. Most fakes and replicas will have a patch with some combination of letters and numbers, but it's fake and most likely won't follow the correct format. KNOWN AND COMMON FAKE COACH SERIAL NUMBERSĬoach creed The Coach Creed refers to the interior square leather patch with the serial #. By Carrie Ribeiro-Centeno on Friday, Maat 2:02 AM