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Report to Congress on Options for Enhancing the Social Security Card
 

EXHIBITS
Social Security Card Exhibits

The following section contains exhibits of the prototype Social Security card options. The exhibits are:

Exhibit Description

A Physical security features common to all Social Security card options

B Social Security card facsimiles of each card option

The prototype Social Security cards displayed in this report were produced by Datacard Corporation.

EXHIBIT A: PHYSICAL SECURITY FEATURES

 

CARD FRONT

 
Four Color Printing

Miniprinting/
Microprinting		 card front, option 1 Ultraviolet Ink

Holographic
Topcoat
 

CARD BACK

 
Tamper Proof
Signature Panel		 card back, option 1  

EXHIBIT B: SOCIAL SECURITY CARD FACSIMILES


Option 1: Flexible Plastic SSN Card

Option 1A: (No Citizenship Statement)

card front, option 1 card front, option 1a
card back, option 1 card back, option 1a

Option 2: Plastic Card With
Number Holders Picture on Back

Option 3: Plastic Card with Secure Barcode

card front, option 2 card front, option 3
card back, option 2 card back, option 3

Option 4: Plastic Card with Optical Memory Storeage

Option 5: Financial Industry Standard Magnetic
Stripe Card

card front, option 4 card front, option 5
card back, option 4 card back, option 5

Option 6: ID Style Magnetic Stripe
Card with Picture on Front

Option 7: Microprocessor Card with Picture
and Magnetic Stripe

card front, option 6 card front, option 7
card back, option 6 card back, option 7

 

 
 
 
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