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Louis Vuitton Marly Dragonne Gm Monogram Brown Coated Canvas Wristlet super vintage 80s 861

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So I bought a Louis Vuitton Marly Dragonne Gm Monogram Brown Coated Canvas Wristlet. I have been cleaning a lot of vintage pieces so I am very familiar with the zipper and hardware of these bags. BUT I had encountered something new. I bought a piece that had the date code 861 (no letters) which meant that it was made in 1986 January. I started to clean the zipper and I notice a few things that started to freak me out. * First of all the colour of the zipper was different.  It was a pinky copper color, as opposed to the normal gold brass colour.  * Second, the shape of the zipper teeth were different!   * The back of each zipper had " Swiss  Made" on the backside of it   * the front zipper pull was silver, not gold WHAT IS GOING ON!? Did I just purchase a  counterfeit ? I have seen so many vintage pieces and no way this was counterfeit. The canvas and leather was perfect, ...