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Message:: [QUOTE="SBSVC, post: 1046507, member: 136"]Aqui, I'm glad you found the creed patch! That makes things so much easier! The first digit of the prefix, a B, means that the bag was made in the month of February. (A=JAN, B=FEB, etc. Coach skips the letter "I", so J=SEPT, K=OCT, etc..) The 2nd digit, a 7, is for 1997. This particular numbering pattern began in 1994: 4=1994, 5=1995, etc., until they had to add another digit: 01=2001, 02=2002, etc.) The final letter, U, indicates the plant in which the bag was made. From 1996 to 1999 (only!) U was indeed HUNGARY. After that, Coach reused the U for one of its China factories. The last part of the number, after the hyphen, is the STYLE. As you can see, the last 4 digits, 9950, indicate that this is, indeed, a Janice's Legacy bag. Very nice! Also, the "bulls-eye" mark at the top left of the patch means that this was a FACTORY STORE bag. So... there you go! I see nothing to indicate that your bag is anything but AUTHENTIC! I have an extensive collection of Coach data (up till around 2000) so any time you need help with a Coach, I should (that's should, mind you! It's been a while...) be able to help. Oh, Komo, you would be AMAZED! Some of the fakes are so good they fool the real experts... Generally, tho, there is SOMETHING that gives a bag away as being a fake... I worked freelance in fraud control - you wouldn't believe some of the things I saw![/QUOTE]