The present invention provides an RFID tag that is very effective in
preventing fraudulent uses. The RFID tag includes a base, an antenna
pattern provided on the base, a breakdown pattern provided on the base, a
circuit chip connected to both the antenna pattern and the breakdown
pattern, and a cover that is bonded to the base in a strippable condition
so as to cover the antenna pattern, the breakdown pattern and the circuit
chip and is caused to come off together with all or a part of the
breakdown pattern during stripping from the base. The breakdown pattern
is transparent, or the cover conceals a remaining part of the breakdown
pattern, or the breakdown pattern has a specific part that produces
predetermined electrical properties and the cover conceals the specific
part.