Mystery Grid

posted by Rob on February 1, 2009 05:33 PM

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So. What's that we can see in the picture there? Well, firstly you can see a glimpse of my wonderful Bee Desk. So called because it's got bees all over it. But what you can also see is a credit card I was destroying earlier today because it's past its expiry date. After I'd snapped it in two, I absentmindedly peeled the top layer of plastic off and discovered a mystery grid underneath the hologram. Click on the pic to see for yourself. Weird and interesting, huh? But what does it mean? (I've smudged out the card number, so that's what the Photoshoppiness there is all about.)

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Comments: 1


Just found the same thing on my card. From quick googling, it seems the hologram is semitransparent.

Presumably it provides an extra layer of verification/security. The bank knows what colour numbers/letters should be where on the card and a reader can see through the hologram and check this.

R.

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