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Before McNamara's cardboard card, merchants in the 1800s and early 1900s used metal coins or "Charga-Plates" to let regular customers buy on credit locally.

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: A few months later, he returned to that same restaurant and paid using a small cardboard card—the Diners Club card . Before McNamara's cardboard card, merchants in the 1800s