Coach Handbag Serial Number Check
Posted : admin On 5/17/2019Coach Handbag Serial Number Check 4,0/5 8767 reviews
Checking your Coach purse serial number is one of the best ways to check whether or not your purse is legitimate. One way you can do this is to get in touch with a qualified retailer of Coach products, and they will be able to give you guidance. Failing that, you can attempt to get in touch with Coach directly, and you can discuss the matter of your serial number there.
If you don’t want to do this, then there are a couple of steps that can help you decide whether your purse is legitimate or not.
Checking your coach purse serial number can be really easy. There are a few steps you can follow to ensure that your purse is actually legitimate. The first thing to do is look on the pattern outside of the purse. Most coach purses have a ‘c’ pattern. On a real coach purse, the pattern will start in the middle of the purse and extend outwards. Furthermore, a real coach purse will have the tip of the ‘c’ touching the tip of the ‘c’ that’s opposite.
The second step is to look at the seams. On a real purse the middle seam will go straight through the center of the ‘c’. The purse is probably a fake if the ‘c’ is cut off on the sides of the seams. The next thing to do is to look at the logo carefully. Instead of a CC logo, many of the fake logos look more like a GG.
Finally, open the bag and look within it. The Coach logo should be repeated on the lining, and should look high quality, as opposed to low. It’s quite simple!
There is a lot of misinformation out there, so I am going to work on a guide to help answer some questions about vintage Coach products. A lot of information gets lost with time, and even Coach couldn't answer some of the questions I had when I began my collection.If you don’t want to do this, then there are a couple of steps that can help you decide whether your purse is legitimate or not.
Checking your coach purse serial number can be really easy. There are a few steps you can follow to ensure that your purse is actually legitimate. The first thing to do is look on the pattern outside of the purse. Most coach purses have a ‘c’ pattern. On a real coach purse, the pattern will start in the middle of the purse and extend outwards. Furthermore, a real coach purse will have the tip of the ‘c’ touching the tip of the ‘c’ that’s opposite.
The second step is to look at the seams. On a real purse the middle seam will go straight through the center of the ‘c’. The purse is probably a fake if the ‘c’ is cut off on the sides of the seams. The next thing to do is to look at the logo carefully. Instead of a CC logo, many of the fake logos look more like a GG.
Finally, open the bag and look within it. The Coach logo should be repeated on the lining, and should look high quality, as opposed to low. It’s quite simple!
At the bottom of the page is a list of style numbers and names of most of the bags that have such a thing, of course style numbers were not assigned until 1994. The style number is the last four or five numbers after the dash in any Coach serial number made 1994 or later. Actually, that is incorrect, thank you very much BeenBurned from The Purse Forum for the following:
Prior to 1994, style numbers were assigned to bags but they weren't used as part of the serial number on creeds until 1994, but instead, random serial numbers were used.
I am going to go from newest to oldest, and showing as much information as I can. I am then going to ask some experts from the Purse Forums to correct any mistakes I might have made. Hopefully this guide will be helpful and useful.
This bag is from summer 2011, and was actually made in February 2011. It says 'Handcrafted in China', which is where most Coach bags are made today. The serial number can be decoded on any Coach bag made from 1994 on. The first letter is the month, in order from A for January, all the way through M for December, skipping I for clarity because I was too easy to mistake for 1. The second number is the year the bag was made, 4 for 1994, 3 for 2003, and 04 for 2004, with double numbers being used for every year after 2004. The third or fourth number in the creed is the factory designation number. I don't think Coach has ever released a list of these numbers and what they stand for to the public.
This bag is from fall 2011, and also was made in February 2011, and it also states 'Handcrafted in China'.
This bag is from the outlet store, and also says 'Handcrafted in China', it is from fall 2010. It was actually made in March, 2010. This bag also states 'Handcrafted in China'.
This bag was made in October of 2003. It was handcrafted in the United States.
This bag was made in October of 2000. It was made in the United States, in one of several factories operating at the time.
This bag was made in February of 1998. It was also made in the United States.
This bag was made in March of 1997. Also made in the United States.
This bag was made in June of 1996. It was made in a factory in Turkey.
This bag was made in the United States, but it was made prior to the implementation of the orderly and meaningful creed serial number system that was created by Coach in 1994. Notice that it says 'Made in the United States', but it says it under the creed instead of up in the middle of the creed like all the others. There is a number under the creed, but the number is individual for each bag made by Coach during this time, and cannot be deciphered. This bag was created in a factory in the United States, after Coach had expanded outside of New York City to meet a growing demand for the bags that simply could not be accommodated by the factory in New York.
Notice that underneath the word Coach, it says 'LEATHERWARE' in tiny block letters. The tag from this bag will also say 'LEATHERWARE' underneath. This bag dates anytime prior to 1994, and after the implementation of the creed stamp in the 1970's.
These bags are referred to as 'New York City' bags, they were made in the original Coach factory in New York City. That factory operated from the late 1960s through the mid 1980's. Notice the 'LEATHERWARE' in tiny block letters underneath the word Coach at the top of the creed.
This bag with the leather stamp inside but no creed is actually the same style of bag as the black bag above from New York City. This bag was made prior to the time when Coach adopted a creed, and prior to the time when they had serial numbers inside the bags, yet after the Coach metal tag from below, placing it late 1960's, early 1970's.
This bag with the metal tag is from the 1960's, it was made before Coach had a creed, and is considered to be one of the earliest bags made by the Coach company.
Style numbers and names:
4107 Soho Basket Bag
4108 flap bucket bag (not sure if that is correct name)
4133 Waverley Bag
4140 Lafayette Bag
4150 Fletcher Bag
4152 Bantam Bag
4155 Soho Zip Tote
4157 Buckle Bag
4162 Soho Cornelia Sling Backpack
4404 Madison Chapin
4906 - two very different bags with this number.. one a pebbled bucket, one a glove leather wristlet
4921 Sonoma Satchel
5136
6094 Demi Pouch
6712 Slim Shoulder Bag
7736 Canvas Demi
9014 Berkeley Legacy - Bonnie Cashin era bag traditionally, but found creed number on e-bay indicating manufacture date of 1996
9019 Maggie Bucket or Duffle
9023 Winnie Flap Messenger - Mini Willis
9032 Laurie Flap
9043 Geometric Bag - original price $174
9045 Geometric Roll Bag
9047 Legacy
9061 Rambler's Legacy
9073 Andrea Slim Tote
9098 Tribeca
9136 Legacy Pocket Hobo
9164 Legacy Shoulder Bag
9214 Small Hobo
9305 Bleeker Tote
9430 Slim Satchel Large
9455 Basic Bag
9635 Convertible Clutch
9735 Large Rambler Bag
9765 Madison Satchel
9826 Mini Belt Bag
9853 Binocular Bag
9892 Chrystie Bag
9919 Quincy Flap
9925 Carnival Bag
9929 Small Satchel
9930 Murphy Bag - looks like Willis but no handle - original price $198.00
9943 Classic Backpack
9951 Patricia's Legacy
9953 Helen's Legacy
9960 Daypack
9966 Legacy Zip
9974 Multi Zip
9977 Manor Bag
9980 Taft Bag
9983 Regina Bag
9988 Crescent - usually considered a Bonnie Cashin era bag, but I found some on E-Bay with creed numbers indicating manufacture dates after 1994, three so far, so it is not an isolated thing
9993 Mini Shopper
9995 Zip Top Shopper
17994 Classic Leather Shoulder Purse
17998 Leather Duffle