About this reference
The Vintage Bag Index exists because identifying an old Coach bag is mostly a matter of reading evidence carefully, and most of what is published online skips straight to a confident answer.
Where the data comes from
The serial formats published here are drawn from Coach's own product catalogues, cross-checked against an independent extraction of the same material. Where two sources disagree about a bag, the disagreement is treated as a conflict to resolve rather than something to average away.
Facts are recorded, wording is not copied. Dimensions, production years and style numbers are matters of record. The prose describing them here is written for this site.
What this is not
It is not an authentication service. No serial number, and no photograph, can establish that a bag is genuine. Authentication is done by people handling the item, and this site does not pretend to replace them.
It is not an appraisal. Nothing here estimates what a bag is worth.
It is not affiliated with Coach. Coach is a trademark of its owner and is used here only to describe the bags being identified.
Contact
Corrections are welcome, particularly if you have catalogue evidence that contradicts something published here. Write tojosh@kovus.dev.