After the Crème "sample" and White "test" cards. Telecom Australia used normal issued cards with "PAY PHONE TEST CARD" stamped on them, or just "TEST CARD"

AUS T4 (a,b,c,d,e -5 known issues) The last frame shows the serial numbers of the shown examples. Probably less than 1000 examples of each type were overstamped. If you have one and are concerned about genuineness, look at the above serial numbers and yours should be within a few hundred of the shown numbers. Note: The $5 Generic cards above are the same card, but there were 2 batches, one beginning #4530### and the other #4533###.

AUS T5 This card was produced in the last 2 years of magnetic cards. It is the last true magnetic test card. It was encoded with $1.50 and was assigned a prefix #1513, even though the reverse is blank. 1000 cards were produced but it seems many were destroyed.

AUS EX1 - A plain white card, without notch, ENCODED ON PLAIN REVERSE.

AUS EX2 - Direction arrow color experiments. 6 or 7 different colors were tried. These cards are encoded as with EX1, and are thought to be unique.

AUS EX3 - Braille card. This card is not encoded. It has raised dots either in blue or white.

AUS EX4 - Signature panel. The possibilities of personalizing, by signing cards, was explored by adding a panel, easily written on. These cards are not encoded.

AUS EX5 - Geneva Specimen. At the Telecom '91 conference in Geneva, Anritsu produced a Geneva Koala "Specimen" card, using the same artwork as the Australian Geneva card. The reverse was totally different, and the only difference on the front is the words "Anritsu" and "Specimen". These cards were given to VIP's and it is thought only 50-100 cards were made. The cards are true specimens, and are not encoded.

AUS EX6 - Toppan CC sample card. This card is from Anritsu printers "TOPPAN Ltd." All Anritsu cards were made by Toppan. Toppan held the rights to the special ink used for the directional arrows on the phonecards. This ink, called "CC" has a number of high security properties and is difficult to counterfeit. The card is totally green, but, as you can see, it scans PURPLE. This card was intended to demonstrate the advantages of " CC" ink. The card is not encoded

AUS EX7 - Geelong Samples. When the printing of phonecards was transferred to Australia around 1992, two printing companies were asked to produce a sample card using the original artwork of the $1.50 Geelong surf boat, from the 1989 trial issue. Placard produced one type, and Leigh Mardon two, one with a serial number 0000123456789. The new serial number type, dot matrix, identifies the cards made in Australia!

AUS EX10 - Key call token. This is a true hybrid technology. It is similar to a remote dialling card, but to call the computer, you had to press the blue button, while holding it close to the handset of the phone. The card produces touch tones, which dials the ID number of the card. The rest is the same as a remote dialing card. 500 of these cards were produced for an internal trial by Gemplus. A similar card was produced for Fintel in Finland. It was called "AudioCarte".