Lost ID

[Steve1825]

Found my second Social Security plate Saturday. My first had a Flying Eagle as the center picture. This one has a Capital Building in the center. Anyone know when these metal SS cards were issued? I know the family so it will be returned to them. It reads:

Social Security
Registered with the U.S. Government
SS# .........
Name .........

Just click on the picture to enlarge it for reading the detail,

 

[Larry (IL)]

As far as I know they were never issued but an after market item Steve.

 

[Rob (IL)]

Social Security NEVER issued metal Social Security Cards! These were sold by companies... and are really not valid.

The Board first considered a small card similar to a credit union or trade union card, but some objected that it was too flimsy. Alternatively, a metal card was proposed by a manufacturer of such cards. It was estimated that it would have taken 250 tons of metal for initial registration. The arguments in favor of the metal card were its permanence, accuracy (records could be imprinted from the embossed token), and economy (because of the imprinting capability). Still, in early June 1936, the Board decided to use a small paper card (McKinley and Frase 1970, 327 and 329).

 

[Elton]

SS always issued paper ID's.......