These date codes simply serve to identify the manufacturing location and date for a Louis Vuitton handbag, not to verify it’s authenticity. With the exception of early handbags (early 1980s and older), date codes can be found on all Louis Vuitton handbags and other items made by …
For example, date codes stamped on the alcantara fabric (a soft, microsuede-type material) used in lining some Louis Vuitton styles are known to fade, making them difficult to read, or disappear completely.
Louis Vuitton Alma bag: Date code is located inside flat pocket, stamped on a leather tab Louis Vuitton Artsy bag: Date code is located on the fabric of the lining inside one of the wall pockets, not on a small leather tag. Louis Vuitton Date Code Fonts, Colors, and Material.
Offhand it looks like an 80's stamp (remember they didn't have laser etching back then) but I'd need to see other aspects of the bag as well, the outside mono print, the leather, the stitching and the interior including a clear shot of the lining. Depending on when in the 80's the bag was purchased can determine if it even had a date code.
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