摘要 |
The objective of the present invention is to effectively prevent fraud, theft, and the like occurring with respect to a medium manufactured from a source material. This medium 71 is a medium that is cut into a prescribed shape from a source material on which identifiers capable of specifying a location and capable of being read by a reading device are attached at corresponding locations. The prescribed location 81 on the medium is specified as an authentication location enabling recognition of the medium, and at least a portion of the identifier capable of specifying the prescribed location is set as an identifier of the medium. |