I was given a wallet today and I’ve already put some money in it. I don’t know what other things I should put in it, maybe my ID.

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    • ID
    • Important Phone Numbers
    • If you are on an meds a card with the correct spelling and dosage
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    2 bandaids

    A note(maybe laminated) saying:

    “LOST wallet. Call 555-4678 for reward. Thanks <your name>”

    Keep 50 bucks at home, for when someone shows up.

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    I have my driving licence, work ID, a first aid quick reference, postage stamps and one of those Swiss army knife credit card sized things as well as cash and bank cards.

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    Driver’s license. Credit/debit card. Library card. RFID blocker (if not built into wallet).

    Health insurance card. Important medical information (like I dunno, “Diabetic” or “allergic to penicillin”). Contact information for next of kin [can be the same card as health information].

    An emergency twenty dollar bill.

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      Depends, on what you’re trying to protect. EMV transactions are far more secure and don’t actually transmit any bank info, they’re just one time transaction hashes generated cryptographically that are only valid for a short time.

      You’re more likely to come across a skimmer at a gas station that’s reads you card details of the mag stripe, or having your card leaked in a data breach.

      The only time I’ve seen RFID really being attacked is red teams tricking employees to clone security badges outside office buildings. So I guess put your security badge in an RFID sleeve around your neck lol

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    • At least one payment card
    • travel cards
    • driving license/ID
    • organ donation card (I stick mine on the back of my ID)
    • at least one coin for supermarket trolleys
    • some notes, just in case.
    • work building access card
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    Plenty of people are answering your question, so let me give you a warning. If you put a gift card to an obscure store or punch card for a barbershop in there, you will absolutely forget you have it.

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    Only things you wanna lose

    Sure you need some cash but dont put your life savings in there, just enough for todays shopping/sandwich

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        There are some very cheap alternatives out there, especially on Amazon but probably also very easy to find on other vendor websites. Some of them are even credit-card shaped so much easier to fit in a wallet. Work with either iOS or Android.

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    When you have your first wallet you’re probably pretty low on stuff to put in, so stuff in anything that seems appropriate to you. When I was a kid I put buttons in because broke cartoon characters always paid with buttons and I figured it’d be worth a shot.

    some things my wallet has had in it since i was 16 years old until today:

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    • a stamp I like the look of, in the really hard to reach bit with a see-through pocket
    • an old ticket to a tourist site because it has a cool design on it
    • a bus pass
    • student ID
    • driver license
    • currency + foreign currency
    • a thumbdrive for uni work in my coin section
    • a discount card i got mailed for getting student membership to a professional license board
    • a card saying I’m a stem cell donor, but idk what it does. I think it’s just a helpline phone number.
    • political party membership card
    • dental floss (jk… But maybe it’s an idea)