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Various two-part articles, such as metal trading cards, which safely and advantageously combine a metal substrate having front and rear sides, and an insert sheet made of metal, glass or plastic. In some embodiments, both the metal substrate and a metal insert sheet are embossed. The metal substrate

Various two-part articles, such as metal trading cards, which safely and advantageously combine a metal substrate having front and rear sides, and an insert sheet made of metal, glass or plastic. In some embodiments, both the metal substrate and a metal insert sheet are embossed. The metal substrate includes a central main portion, four edge marginal portions terminating in respective substrate edges, and four corner marginal portions. The marginal portions surround the central main portion, sharing respective boundaries therewith, and are rolled towards the substrate rear side and around such that the substrate edges contact the insert sheet so as to hold the insert sheet in position. The rolled marginal portions together define a continuous bead around the periphery of the card without any exposed sharp edges. In some embodiments the rolled edges are replaced by hinge sleeves. Thus, specific embodiments include a greeting card having two elements joined by a hinge, and a gift greeting box with an insert sheet in the cover, with a hinge joining the cover to a receptacle base.

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A two-part article comprising: a polygonal metal substrate having a front side, a rear side, a main portion, a plurality of edge marginal portions terminating in respective substrate edges, a plurality of corner marginal portions, said edge marginal portions and said corner marginal portions surroun

A two-part article comprising: a polygonal metal substrate having a front side, a rear side, a main portion, a plurality of edge marginal portions terminating in respective substrate edges, a plurality of corner marginal portions, said edge marginal portions and said corner marginal portions surrounding said main portion and sharing respective boundaries with said main portion, and substrate indicia on said front side; an insert sheet adjacent said rear side, said insert sheet being made of a material selected from the group consisting of metal, glass and plastic, and having an exposed side facing away from said rear side; said edge marginal portions and said corner marginal portions being rolled towards said rear side such that said substrate edges contact said exposed side of said insert sheet so as to retain said insert sheet in position; and said rolled edge marginal portions and said rolled corner marginal portions together defining a continuous bead around the periphery of said article without any exposed sharp edges. A boxed set comprising: a plurality of metallic trading cards, each orientable so as to have a lower edge and two side edges, and each of said metallic trading cards comprising a generally rectangular metal substrate having a front side, a rear side, a main portion, four edge marginal portions terminating in respective substrate edges, four corner marginal portions, said edge marginal portions and said corner marginal portions surrounding said main portion and sharing respective boundaries with said main portion, and substrate indicia on said front side, an insert sheet adjacent said rear side, said insert sheet being made of a material selected from the group consisting of metal, glass, and plastic, and having an exposed side facing away from said rear side, said edge marginal portions and said corner marginal portions being rolled towards said rear side such that said substrate edges contract said exposed side of said insert sheet so as to retain said insert sheet in position, and said rolled edge marginal portions and said rolled corner marginal portions together defining a continuous bead around the periphery of said card without any exposed sharp edges; and a storage tin for said trading cards, said storage tin including a generally rectangular receptacle having a bottom and four upright sides; a cover for said receptacle; a lower card support member in said receptacle on the bottom thereof, said lower card support member having a plurality of channels for receiving the lower edges of said trading cards; and a pair of side card support members in said receptacle along two opposite sides thereof, said side card support members having corresponding pluralities of channels for receiving the side edges of said trading cards.