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Old Feb 16, 2005 | 4:30 am
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Originally Posted by solonphotos
Over the years ( about 30), I've had several AMEX cards, Green, Gold and Platinum.

From time to time I have gotten new cards with different "last" numbers, i.e., XXXX XXX XXX X003 or---X005, etc.

Is there and "special" significance to the last set of numbers??
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The numbers you refer to:
The 00 means you are the primary card holder and the 3 (or 5) is a check digit on the other 14 numbers

Chris
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