High coercivity mag stripe cards are ideal for applications where the cards will be frequently swiped or need to have a long life, such as access control and/or time and attendance cards. HiCo mag stripe cards store information more securely than low coercivity magnetic stripe cards because of the higher level of magnetic energy required to encode them. This also makes information on high coercivity mag stripe cards harder to erase and more resistant to damage from most magnets or magnetic fields. These cards are designed for use in direct-to-card printers with encoding capabilities.

High coercivity cards can generally be identified by a black magnetic stripe; where as the mag stripe on low coercivity cards is generally brown.

High coercivity mag stripe cards are graphic quality and are the standard, most commonly used plastic card size, measuring 3.375'' x 2.125'' (size of a credit card) and 30 mil thick. 

HiCo cards are packaged in one shrink-wrapped packs of 100, for a total of 100 blank ID cards, and are vision inspected to ensure quality.

These cards come standard with a 3-track magnetic stripe;

100 CR80 30 white graphic-quality PVC cards with a 3-tracks high coercivity magnetic stripe.

• Part number: IDS-80.030-HICO
• Quantity: 100 cards 
• Material: White Graphic Quality 100% PVC
• Magnetic Stripe: 3-tracks High Coercivity (HiCo) 
• Size: Standard Credit Card - CR-80 (3.375'' x 2.125'') (85.6 mm x 54 mm)
• Thickness: 30 mil (0.76 mm)
• Shrink-wrapped in quantities of 100
• Superior Graphics Quality
• Made in USA

These cards correspond with the following manufacturer part numbers:

• Fargo Ultracard - 81751
• Magicard - M3610-049A
• EDIsecure - DIC10096
• Zebra - 104523-113