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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person * FREUND HARRY I   2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol PUBLICARD INC [CARD.OB] 5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) __X__ Director _____ 10% Owner __X__ Officer (give title below) _____ Other (specify below) Chairman (Last) (First) (Middle) C/O BALFOUR INVESTORS, ONE ROCKEFELLER PLAZA, 14TH FLOOR 3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year) 08/04/2005 (Street) NEW YORK, NY 10020 4. If Amendment, Date Original Filed(Month/Day/Year) 6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing(Check Applicable Line) _X_ Form filed by One Reporting Person ___ Form filed by More than One Reporting Person (City) (State) (Zip) Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned

1.Title of Security (Instr. 3) 2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year) 2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year) 3. Transaction Code (Instr. 8) 4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5) 5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 3 and 4) 6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4) 7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4) Code V Amount (A) or (D) Price Common Stock (1)               5,454 I By Spouse Common Stock               506,503 I By Keogh Plan Common Stock (2)               13,000 I By Balfour Defined Benefits Pension Plan

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Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
(e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)

1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 3)

2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security

3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)

3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)

4. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)

5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4, and 5)

6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year)

7. Title and Amount of Underlying Securities (Instr. 3 and 4)

8. Price of Derivative Security (Instr. 5)

9. Number of Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 4)

10. Ownership Form of Derivative Security: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)

11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)

Code

V

(A)

(D)

Date Exercisable

Expiration Date

Title

Amount or Number of Shares

Stock Options (3) (4)

$ 0.39

08/20/2001

08/20/2011

Common Stock

275,000

275,000

D

Stock Options (3) (5)

$ 0.39

08/20/2001

08/20/2006

Common Stock

225,000

225,000

D

Stock Options (6)

$ 0.025

08/04/2005

A

30,000

08/04/2005

08/04/2010

Common Stock

30,000

$ 0

30,000

D

Reporting Owners

Reporting Owner Name / Address	Relationships
	Director	10% Owner	Officer	Other
FREUND HARRY I C/O BALFOUR INVESTORS ONE ROCKEFELLER PLAZA, 14TH FLOOR NEW YORK, NY 10020	X		Chairman

Signatures

/s/HARRY I. FREUND		08/04/2005
**Signature of Reporting Person		Date

Explanation of Responses:

*	If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 4(b)(v).
**	Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).
(1)	Mr. Freund disclaims beneficial ownership of the 5,454 shares of PubliCARD Common Stock held by his wife.
(2)	Shares are held by the Balfour Defined Benefits Pension Plan (the "Plan"), of which Mr. Freund is a Trustee and Plan Administrator and in which Mr. Freund is a participant. Mr. Freund disclaims beneficial ownership of 5,850 shares of Common Stock held by the Plan (based on Mr. Freund's proportionate interest in the Plan of approximately 55%).
(3)	Options have been granted pursuant to an agreement with PubliCARD under which PubliCARD had agreed to reissue 500,000 options which were cancelled on February 16, 2001 for 500,000 options with an exercise price equal to the closing market price of PubliCARD's Common Stock on such reissuance date. Pursuant to the agreement, one-third of the options vested on August 20, 2001, with the balance vesting quarterly over the following twelve quarters.
(4)	Options have been granted pursuant to PubliCARD's 1999 Long-Term Incentive Plan.
(5)	Options have been granted pursuant to PubliCARD's 1993 Long-Term Incentive Plan.
(6)	Options have been granted pursuant to PubliCARD's Non-Employee Director Stock Option Plan.

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