Old License Style Cards

Licence designs that aren't issued any more

Four cards, £20 each, all based on driving licence and national ID formats that have since been replaced. The pink UK paper-and-plastic era, the older EU identification layout, the pre-redesign national ID. They're period pieces.

Why people order them

Film and stage props, mostly. If a scene is set in 2008, a card in the current format is wrong, and these are the formats that were actually in circulation. Collectors are the other half — people who want the design lineage rather than the newest thing.

What's on them

Holographic overlay is standard. Three of the four carry microtext, and the same number have a printed data strip on the reverse. The UK Driver's License Pink Style Card is the closest to the old paper-counterpart era; the EU Identification Card follows the older continental layout.

What you give up at £20

These are older design generations, and the print reflects that. No raised text, a lighter UV layer than the newer ranges, and a simpler reverse. That's the trade: £20 instead of £30–£35 for a design that is deliberately not current.

If you want the current format

New Cards covers the present generation — Premium at £30–£35 with the full security spread, Standard at £25. Come here for an older look on purpose, not because it's the cheapest. These four average 4.6 out of 5 across 1,537 reviews.