Gucci House is famous worldwide for its tradition of craftsmanship and leather goods. Highlighted in black next to "Designer Code", you will find the first six digits that correspond to the serial code.
Part of the serial code can be found - for a quick check - also on our website. There is a serial code, which is a unique identifier, assigned to each Gucci bag. The serial code is featured at the back of the leather tag, located inside the bag. Whether you buy online or at a physical store, shopping is a pleasure to be done safely. We advise you to opt for a mono-brand boutique or an authorized multi-brand retailer (such as Leam) for your luxury shopping. Opt for a mono-brand boutique or an authorized multibrand retailer Nevertheless, that same "quick look" might save us or someone from purchasing a bootleg.
If you are curious much, please take five minutes of your time and read each point carefully. A quick look at a bag is not always enough to determine the authenticity of the latter.
In any case, without opening ethical and political issues on the subject, this post aims at providing some small tips on how to spot an original Gucci bag from a bootleg Gucci. These products will never, ever, ever have the same quality, craftsmanship and essence of an authentic Gucci product.
For this reason, maybe someone will be carried away by the easy purchase. Besides being illegal, bootlegs Gucci or replicas are sold with the aim of misleading consumers, making them believe that these are authentic products. The online shopping world is - alas - full of fake bags. Summer is that time of year when stalls, markets and the ubiquitous street vendors crowd into seaside towns and beaches, each with its variety of counterfeit brand accessories. Wherever we go on vacation this summer, in short, we will be destined to see some imitation, including many of the Florentine Maison. To a less expert eye, probably those imitations may look similar to the real Gucci seen in boutiques. Of all those bags - how many are authentic? Gucci bags own a refined and timeless contemporary beauty. To date, they are among the most desired by all lovers of fashion and luxury. Girls of all ages show off their Gucci bags every day, on the street or in the city, on holiday as well as in the office.īut. Source: Le 21ème | Adam Katz | All Rights Reserved (three precious tips to make sure it's HER) How to spot a real Gucci bag from a bootleg Gucci The last letter still can be anything but O or Z, and is still occasionally replaced by a star, with the same meaning as before.Leam Guide. On these notes, the first letter corresponds to the series of the note and the second letter of each serial number now represents the issuing FRB and ranges from A through L. A "star" note has its own special serial number followed by a star in place of a suffix letter.įederal Reserve notes, beginning with Series 1996, have two letters rather than one at the beginning of the serial number. Reusing an exact serial number to replace an imperfect note is costly and time consuming. A "star" sheet is used to replace the imperfect sheet. When an imperfect sheet is detected during the manufacturing process after the serial number has been overprinted, it must be replaced with a new sheet. On some notes, a star appears in place of the last letter.
The letter O is not used because of its similarity to the digit 0, and the letter Z is not used because it is reserved for test printings. At the time of a series change, the suffix letter returns to the letter A and repeats the cycle.
The last letter advances through the alphabet when all eight character serial numbers have been printed for a specific Federal Reserve Bank within the same series. The first letter of such a serial number identifies the Federal Reserve Bank (FRB) which issued the note since there are 12 FRBs, this letter is always between A and L. Up through Series 1995, all Federal Reserve notes had serial numbers consisting of one letter, eight digits, and one letter, such as A12345678B now only the $1 and $2 notes still use this form. Each note of the same denomination has its own serial number.