Real fur coat: Identify type of fur
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Elle Miles
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There is a tab on the Vintage Fashion Guild website that identifies fabric types. It could be under there.
Thank you! I looked through them and I can’t tell. Maybe mink, muskrat, or fox? I’m not sure.
Elle Miles
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Mink is my best guess. That was a very popular fur type commonly used in coats. I own a mink coat. 
Elle Miles
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I would’ve never guessed! It totally fooled me!
They did pretty good making it look like mink. The furrier would have been complimented
The photo of the back of the jacket is very good for identification purposes because it shows the coloration of the guard hair as well as the underfur.
Below is a picture of muskrat fur pelts being offered by a fur pelt supplier on eBay. While the pelts within carnoske's jacket have been cut and crafted back together to look like ribbed mink, I can see the guard hair coloration and the whitish/gray, and darker gray underfur that is present in muskrat.
I can best see the whitish/gray underfur along the edges of the muskrat fur pelts best and I can see the whitish/gray underfur on top of the shoulders and collar of the jacket best.
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