Denomination
$5
$5
Bank Of New Zealand
Telecom
N/A
N/A
7,500
7,500
These two cards were the first Smartcards introduced into New Zealand.
The chip held $5 worth of value for delegates at the conference to use
in vending machines or Credit Card Telephones. The reverse had a
magnetic strip which contained the delegates details for swiping through
a card reader at each of the Exhibitor's stands. 2,000 of these were
given out to delegates. The other 5,500 were used by BNZ & Telecom for
promotional purposes.
Telecom gave theirs away in a folder,
illustrated below, to purchasers of their Phonecard Catalogue. The card
issued in this folder is different to the original, as it had a sequence
number overprinted on it, see below.
