Australian Telstra Chip Cards

Telstra Chip Cards were introduced in 1997. They replaced the Anritsu System that had been in place since December 1989.

On the reverse of all Chip Cards is a Card Code as well as a serial number. For Chip Cards, this Card Code is used for identifying each card.

The Card Code Number on the back of the cards consists of the following:

The Year of the Telstra booking of the planned production of the card is XX,
The next 3 digits are the cards Dollars Value $$$,
The subsequent 3 digits are the Card Number for the year YYY, and
The last letter on the card defines the Card Type as follows;

N - National Issue
       P - Promotional Issue
     A - Advertising Issue
            L - Limited Edition Issue
       I - International Issue

For example, Card Code 98002003A is a $2 Advertising card which was the 3rd booked for production in 1998.

All cards have an Expiry Date shown as MM/YYYY

There were 6 different Chip Types used by Telstra for the Phonecards.


Type A Incard - IN1	Type B Incard - IN2	Type C Siemens - S35	Type D C.H.T. - CHT10	Type E Gemplus - GEM5 (Red)	Type F Incard - IN7