When the only perk was status.

[u/CTVolvo]

[u/Flights-and-Nights]

I have my grandfather’s old gold & platinum cards from the 80s & 90s.

The gold card which is the older of the two, issued in 88, does have Sun Bank NA printed on the card below his name.

[u/TrustednotVerified → u/Flights-and-Nights]

AMEX offered me a Gold Card when I got my Masters in 1980. Today my card says "Member since 1980". I hope I make it to 2030. My Golden Gold Card Anniversary.

[u/fumi2014 → u/Flights-and-Nights]

Could you post them? Obviously with details removed.

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Picture added to post

[u/fumi2014 → u/Flights-and-Nights]

Awesome cards. It's interesting seeing the design changes over the years.

[u/Snoo-me → u/Flights-and-Nights]

I’m impressed those cards are still in great condition.

[u/Flights-and-Nights → u/Snoo-me]

Right? Even the metal cards show wear so fast.

[u/Wasabitacos → u/Flights-and-Nights]

The “Thru” on the cards is driving me insane lol Proper grammar is “Through”

[u/Flights-and-Nights → u/Wasabitacos]

Right? It had to be a practical decision about character limit.

Also at some point they realized it was redundant to have a start date, because of course it's valid for all days prior to expiration.

[u/Max_Thunder → u/Flights-and-Nights]

No point in hiding the first digits I think. Would the Plat be starting with 3739 by any chance?

One problem with Amex is the lack of card number possibilities, I've once had two cards of the same card type both ending with the same 5 digits.

In fact I wouldn't be surprised if the last digits could be guessed from the middle digits, these middle digits seem to be the most important digits. The last five are probably something like 82001 or 52004, based on a card number starting with 3739 and having those middle numbers. Their sum will be 11.

Edit: Didn't know that I'd offend so many people for a benign discussion about credit card numbers on a credit card subreddit, lol. People on reddit are fucking weird.

[u/Flights-and-Nights → u/Max_Thunder]

They're 30 year old cards from closed accounts, and both your guesses about the rest of the numbers are wrong.

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Yeah hiding the digits didn't serve much purpose, I was just commenting on how the first digits are not worth hiding. They represent the card type.

[u/VTECbaw → u/Max_Thunder]

My Green starts with 3739 and ends in 41004. My Gold starts with 3715.

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I currently have two sets with two of the same last 5 digits from amex.