First & Merchants BankMaster Charge Card, United States, 1978
date: label: date made
content: 1978
name: label: maker
content: unknown
notes: label: Description
content: Master Charge was founded in 1966 as the Interbank Card Association to compete with the BankAmericard (later Visa). In 1969 the Interbank Card was renamed to Master Charge: The Interbank Card. The red and orange overlapping circles were adopted at this time as the logo for the company. In 1979 the card was renamed again and became MasterCard.
place: label: place made
content: United States
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content: Work and Industry: National Numismatic Collection
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content: American Enterprise
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content: Coins, Currency and Medals
label: Exhibition
content: American Enterprise
label: Exhibition Location
content: National Museum of American History
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: E. Clain-Stefanelli
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: NU.84.17.22
label: catalog number
content: 84.17.22
label: accession number
content: 1984.0606
label: serial number
content: 843
objectType: label: Object Name
content: credit card
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: plastic (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 5.5 cm x 8.5 cm x .15 cm; 2 5/32 in x 3 11/32 in x 1/16 in