the microcircuit card as shown this token extends to one corner of the card body here the bottom right hand corner 16 as seen in fig1 note that in the present example the token extends only to that corner and does not extend to either top corner it is in fact preferable to select this corner because it is the corner at the greatest distance from the microcircuit card the token is next to the microcircuit card in the sense that a portion of the contour of the token also constitutes a portion of the contour of the card 11 here the token is of rectangular general shape with sides at least approximately parallel to those of the card body 12 to be more precise in the present example the sides of the token are at least approximately aligned with the sides of the microcircuit card the top side of the token is therefore approximately in line with the top side of the card 11 and the left hand side of the token constitutes the right hand side of the microcircuit card initially running vertically and then at an angle in the example considered here the token is a magnetic card with characteristics similar to those of most magnetic cards known in the art but having a different format there can therefore be seen on its front face fig1 a supplier logo a number and the name and.