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Old Sep 14, 2019 | 5:59 am
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Originally Posted by MSPeconomist
I don't think there were different cards in the 1970s, just the standard green charge card. I want to guess that the gold charge card, with the bank line of credit, was introduced around 1980 and I would guess Platinum in the mid 1980s, with Centurion of course later.
1958 = Green
1966 = Gold
1984 = Platinum
1987 = Optima (credit card)
1999= Centurion
Last edited by mia; Sep 15, 2019 at 12:33 pm Reason: Correct Optima introduction date.
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